# Best weight training sites

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weight-training-sites/98127>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 13, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weight-training-sites/98127 "2002-03-13T21:33:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weight-training-sites/98127/1 "2002-03-13T21:33:13Z")

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Hi Gang,

Decided it’s time to get into shape. Good shape. Bulk up, and build the ol’ strength up so I don’t look and fell so skinny.

Got me a nice sety of free weights, and a straight bar to start with. Been doing different things, but what I need is a web site or two that shows proper techniques for building chest, arms, and shoulders in particular.

Ideally, the site will show diagrams to follow for individual exercises.

Anyone have any favorite workout sites that show Free -Weight techniques, as opposed to machines?

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**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weight-training-sites/98127/2 "2002-03-13T22:24:48Z")

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Here are a couple of sites which I think are really good.

The first site shows how to do various exercises with little moving images. There are lots of different exercises for each body part.

[Good site](http://www.exrx.net/Exercise.html)

This site [Davin’s body buidling and fitness](http://plaza.powersurfr.com/bodybuilding/index2.html) has some information about diet, exercises to do etc. There aren’t many moving examples, but it gives some ideas at least.

Rick

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weight-training-sites/98127/3 "2002-03-13T23:01:28Z")

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I second the recommendation for the first site **RickQ** listed. They’ve got descriptions of free-weight exercise for pretty much any muscle group that you can get with free weights.

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**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weight-training-sites/98127/4 "2002-03-13T23:02:51Z")

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Those are pretty good. Thanks!