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Recently I have started to go to the gym before my regular table tennis training, which is not ideal but I have free time like this.
So far from the 3 occasions I have been at the gym I only trained for my legs and core muscles. My goal is not to build muscle mass, just to get more explosive power. Since for long I was thinking that weight lifting with arms will take away from fine motor functions I avoided them, but a new clubmate said that the weights I should lift would not do that. I am also concerned about bulking up, I don't want that either.
I was recommended to do deadweight lifting for core strength and for my back, and that I should do weight lifting with arms too, it will not be harmful. It would only be harmful if I did it with extreme weights.
I suppose there are people here who lift so I'm curious what exercises would improve explosiveness and what machines to use since at this point I don't even know the names of each machine and how to use them properly. That new clubmate offered me some assistance in the gym to show/teach me how to do deadweight lifting safely and some other stuff.
So far from the 3 occasions I have been at the gym I only trained for my legs and core muscles. My goal is not to build muscle mass, just to get more explosive power. Since for long I was thinking that weight lifting with arms will take away from fine motor functions I avoided them, but a new clubmate said that the weights I should lift would not do that. I am also concerned about bulking up, I don't want that either.
I was recommended to do deadweight lifting for core strength and for my back, and that I should do weight lifting with arms too, it will not be harmful. It would only be harmful if I did it with extreme weights.
I suppose there are people here who lift so I'm curious what exercises would improve explosiveness and what machines to use since at this point I don't even know the names of each machine and how to use them properly. That new clubmate offered me some assistance in the gym to show/teach me how to do deadweight lifting safely and some other stuff.