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You don't need anything fancy when you start with strength training. All you need is some basic moves, consistency, and patience.
The key to enjoying strength training is starting with a good foundation of exercises that work every part of your body. When you focus on a handful of main moves, you'll find it easier in a short time. From there, you can progress to different weights, advanced variations or new exercises.
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Resistance training helps your body stay functional and healthy in the long term.
Increased muscle strength can make everyday movements easier, such as getting up off the floor, carrying groceries up the stairs, or putting a bulky object on an overhead shelf.
With age, maintaining muscle strength becomes even more important. Resistance training helps to improve balance, build bone density, reduce the risk of falls, and increase cognitive well-being.
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The squat exercises your glutes and core muscles. If you find it too difficult, squat in front of a chair and lightly ta your butt to the chair.
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This exercise is great to train your glutes and hamstrings. It also engages your shoulders, back, and core.
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Glute bridges target the glutes, engage the hamstrings and core muscles. They also help to build leg strength and core stabilisation.
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The push-p works all the pressing muscles in the upper body, including the chest, shoulders, and triceps.
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This exercise uses all the muscles in your upper body.
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This exercise maintains core stability and creates a stronger foundation for other moves.
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The exercise works the glutes, legs, and core.
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This article contains a basic list of beginner exercises to encourage a good strength-training foundation.
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