Strength
Training:
Top 18 Benefits of Weight Training
by Greg Landry, M.S.1. Weight training tones your muscles which
looks great and raises your basal metabolism... which causes you to burn more calories 24
hours-a-day. You'll even burn more calories while you're sleeping.
2. Weight training can
*reverse* the natural decline in your metabolism which begins around age 30.
3. Weight training energizes
you.
4. Weight training has a
positive affect on almost all of your 650+ muscles.
5. Weight training strengthens
your bones reducing your risk of developing osteoporosis.
6. Weight training improves
your muscular endurance.
7. Weight training will NOT
develop big muscles on women....just toned muscles!
8. Weight training makes you
strong. Strength gives you confidence and makes daily activities easier.
9. Weight training makes you
less prone to low-back injuries.
10. Weight training decreases
your resting blood pressure.
11. Weight training decreases
your risk of developing adult onset diabetes.
12. Weight training decreases
your gastrointestinal transit time, reducing your risk for developing colon cancer.
13. Weight training increases
your blood level of HDL cholesterol (the good type).
14. Weight training improves
your posture.
15. Weight training improves
the functioning of your immune system.
16. Weight training lowers
your resting heart rate, a sign of a more efficient heart.
17. Weight training improves
your balance and coordination.
18. Weight training elevates
your mood.
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