Essentials of Strength Training

Course Overview

This groundbreaking course on strength training is taught by an award-winning instructor and unites the latest science with results-driven practice in a wholly integrated system. If you’re looking to lose weight, build strength, and counteract aging, strength training is the key.

In Essentials of Strength Training, you’ll explore how to effectively change your body composition through scientifically-backed techniques. With three educational lectures and three dynamic workouts, you’ll learn about your body’s responses to various exercises, making it suitable for individuals aged 28 to 78. Created by international fitness expert Dean Hodgkin, this course offers authoritative insights and practical demonstrations to dramatically improve your strength and overall health.

Course Lessons

1. Strength Training: Past, Present, and Future

Discover the history and origins of strength training to understand its relevance today. Explore various training tools like medicine balls, kettlebells, and resistance bands.

Duration: 29 min

2. How Strength Training Benefits Your Body

Learn how your muscles function during daily activities and how strength training can increase bone density and reduce osteoporosis risk.

Duration: 31 min

3. Strength Training for Weight Loss

Investigate the role of fat in health and effective weight loss techniques through strength training. Understand joint mechanics and best practices for safe exercise.

Duration: 28 min

4. Functional Strength Workout

Enhance your functional strength with exercises designed to maximize your strength and range of motion. Use various equipment including dumbbells and kettlebells.

Duration: 52 min

5. Weight Loss and Maintenance Workout

Establish a foundation for maintaining and losing weight through an engaging workout using effective exercises like squats and dumbbell curls.

Duration: 35 min

6. Partner Workout

Team up for a dynamic partner workout that targets all major muscle groups with exercises such as calf raises, arm curls, and standing medicine ball tosses.

Duration: 46 min