For those of you just starting to get into a lifting routine, here is a very basic, beginner schedule. This is a routine I have used to jump start myself back into the groove. Feel free to modify this list to tailor it to yourself. There are many articles out there with all sorts of variations and new exercises to keep your workouts fresh so you don't get bored.

I have had the spirit of competition in my blood ever since I was a young boy. I competed in many different sports as I was growing up, from little league baseball, to track and field, even wrestling and basketball. My freshman year in high school a full on passion began for soccer. After a life-changing car accident my sophomore year, I hadn't lost that desire and for certain wasn't going to stop competing.