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Bodybuilding is about Fitness, not lifting weights. You use the weights and proper technique in order to target certain muscles or muscle groups. Weights are just a means to an end. In order to do this effectively, you have to isolate the muscles you are targeting. Remember how often you have been told to lift something with your legs and not your back? This technique deliberately brings as many muscles into play as possible to protect you from injury. This makes sense if you are a piano mover or a construction worker. But the task of the bodybuilder is very different. You don't want to make the lift easier, you want to make it harder. You want the target muscles to do all the work, with little or no help from other muscle groups.

Good technique helps you in maintaining your fitness, so, does choosing the right amount of weight. Once you are using a weight that is too heavy for your target muscles to handle, your body will automatically call other muscles into play. That's the way your nervous system is designed. So the fact that you can stay fit by doing the exercise correctly. You also need to choose a weight that ensures that the target muscles alone are responsible for lifting that weight.

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