I've been starting out with some Weight training for the first time.
My brother does that! He's developed a lot of strength and the size of his skeletal muscles has increased.
I've been following the "Starting Strength" program based on the best selling book.
That sounds like a good start. My brother uses weighted bars, dumbbells, or weight stacks in his training
I've been using barbells. The program is quite simple and focuses primarily on squats, deadlifts and bench press.
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as "odd lifts", which followed the same three-attempt format but used a wider variety of events, akin to strongman competition. Eventually odd lifts became standardized to the current three.
In competition,
the operation; but my hand has been fully operational since May, so I've had the chance to slowly regain and really train all the apparatuses and skills. The only times it hurts a bit is when there is a change of climate or when I do lots of vaults, but nothing serious. After my hand operation, it took me a lot of out-of-the-gym training to regain all of my body strength. I did a lot of cardiovascular training and weight lifting, and went back to