Article DetailsThe Benefits Of Weight Training: What's In It For You? |
| Date Added: December 13, 2009 05:00:00 PM |
| Author: Christopher Gomes |
| Category: Health: Mental Health |
| There are many benefits to starting a weight training program, and it's not just for bodybuilders anymore!
Increases strength and balance. With stronger muscles, daily tasks like reaching for the top shelf in the closet or bending down to pick up the laundry are made easier through weight training. Make life less strenuous! Decreases risk of injury. Training with weights or resistance, improves your flexibility, mobility, and bone density. As we get older these tend to decline, so let's do everything we can to stay healthy and strong! Helps prevent disease. The risk of diseases like osteoporosis, arthritis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and possibly cancer can be significantly reduced with weight training. A longer life! Speeds recovery time. Studies have shown that those who participate in resistance training programs heal and recover faster from injuries and illness than those who do not. Those involved in physical therapy will also benefit greatly. Get back in the game! Weight training burns calories, lots of calories. Training with weights, or any other form of resistance equipment, burns a substantial amount of calories during your workout. If you want to reduce body fat and lose weight, you must burn as many calories as possible! But the best part? Training with weights will help you build lean muscle. The addition of lean muscle to your body means that your metabolism will have to burn more calories to support it. People with more lean muscle burn more calories than those without it. Lean muscle looks good! I'm not talking about looking like a professional bodybuilder. I'm talking about building just enough muscle to give you some definition, and a lean, toned appearance. Did someone say skinny jeans? This can change your life! Literally! Builds confidence/ self-esteem. When you are proud of the way you look, you have a certain aura about you that screams confidence. Having good self-esteem and thinking highly of yourself goes a very long way in this world. The most successful people in life also tend to be the most confident and self-assured. It may sound like a cliche, but the benefits of weight training do not stop at your physical body! |
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