>>6777824Generally speaking, the largest health benefits (and most efficient use of time) in dedicated exercise come from when your maximal strength at your level is engaged vs the resistance to a movement. Eg, the heaviest weight you can carry in a motion, the fastest speed you can sprint over a given span, the furthest distance you can jump in a single leap, et cetera.
A barbel for instance is a very convenient tool for adding resistance to a wide range of different movements, which is why they are ubiquitous. You could burn more calories in a single 3x2x1 set of max lifts than you would in half an hour of jogging (and get more >functional development out of it to boot).
Compound movements like the olympic lifts (snatch, clean and jerk, both sides), deadlifts, weighted carries, prowler pushes and sled drags are all very good. This may sound weird but it would be good to >talk to someone at the gym who is experienced to help spot your movements when starting out. Proper lifting technique is a skill, and like any other skill needs to be practiced.
There's a whole universe more stuff i could talk about than can be fitted into a single post, so i'll finish this rather with opening the door the further learning by dropping names of guys whose opinions i generally respect and consider reliable, such as Dan John, Dr. Stuart McGill, Chris Duffin, Brett Contreas, or, yanno... pic related.
