Research has shown the weight training, weight lifting and
or strength training, has enormous effects on the muscular
skeletal system, enhances the maintenance of functional
abilities, helps prevent osteoporosis, sarcopenia (loss of
body mass), low back pain, and other disabilities
Loss of strength is one of the characteristics of aging.
This is particularly problematic for those people whose
lifestyles don't demand use of the muscles. If you are an
office jockey or are otherwise sedentary, your muscles will
atrophy lowering your metabolic rate and negatively impact
your immune system. Strength training is one of the most
effective ways to combat aging.
Strength training also contributes to muscle conditioning.
Conditioning muscles is essential to overall stability and
the strength of the body. A strong body provides many
benefits all through out life. Maintaining strong muscles
also aids in maintaining stronger, healthier bones, tendons
and connective tissues.
Your posture or the ways you sit and stand reflect the
health of the muscles and bones that keep you upright.
Strengthening those muscles and bones will enable to sit
and stand more comfortably.
Many people, particularly women, fear strength training
believing they will experience dramatic gains in muscle
size making them look more like men. This just is not so.
Men and women have different hormones that govern how
muscles respond to strength training. The male hormone
testosterone is key to building large muscles. Women simply
lack sufficient levels of testosterone to "bulk up".
Instead you'll gain longer more shapely muscles that can
also be much stronger.
Clinical studies have shown that strength training is a
keep ingredient in managing stress. A regular exercise
routine that incorporates strength training will result in
better deep sleep in addition to handling stress more
readily. The hormones that are released as result will also
lift your mood thus combating depression
Strength training like most forms of exercise raises the
metabolic rate thus burning more calories. It will aid in
maintaining the proper weight with less body fat. Be aware
though that as your routine progresses, you may not
actually lose weight, but you'll lose inches. Muscle is
denser thus heavier than fat but takes less space. Over
time you should notice decreases in waist measurements and
body fat measurement.
A little exercise is better than no exercise. Avoid feeling
that if you can't spend hours, then why bother. Every
journey starts with the first step. Be conscious of how you
carry grocery bags, babies or other objects. Make daily
chores into an impromptu workout.
Consult with your doctor if you want to make weight lifting
a daily part of your fitness regimen.
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