Strength Training

Build Muscle and Burn Fat Without Bulking Up

Strength training is the closest thing we have to Elixir of Life. The positive effects benefit both our bodies and our minds.

Lifting weights can turn back the hands of time.

Adding some muscle to your body can not only lengthen the time you have on this earth, but improve the quality of that time.

Would you invest as little as half an hour a day to experience all these benefits?

Okay, that's a little vague. Here's more on exactly how strength training can improve your health...

BONE DENSITY
Low bone density is linked to Osteoporosis. Weight lifting exercises can help to restore what was lost from inactivity.

LEAN TISSUE MASS
Lean tissue encompasses everything but the fat. The more lean tissue we have, the higher our metabolism. A higher metabolic rate burns more calories.

WEIGHT LIFTING vs AEROBIC EXERCISE
Aerobic exercise burns more calories while exercising, but soon after your metabolism drops back to its regular rate. Strength training works 24x7, raising the metabolic rate, and keeping it there. Now that is a reason to celebrate!

CARDIOVASCULAR BENEFITS
Weight lifting exercises also improve cardiovascular health by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Heart disease is the second biggest killer of women. Strong and healthy muscles ensure that your most important muscle, your heart, remains healthy and functions properly.

More Benefits of Weight Training

AGILITY
Would you believe that strength training improves balance, flexibility, mobility and stability? Sounds like a tall order but it's true. Our muscles develop habits and retain a memory of specific repetitive movements or actions.

An obvious example would be to try carrying your purse on your other shoulder or arm - feels strange and unnatural doesn't it? Through years of carrying a purse on one side, your muscles have developed in a specific way to cope with the daily demands of purse carrying.

By switching sides, you're calling upon underdeveloped muscles which aren't at all accustomed to the task. Now a once-automatic movement is awkward and taxing.

Our muscles are not all that different than our minds. They both need to be constantly challenged to grow and develop.

INJURY PREVENTION
Do you play a sport where there is a risk of injury? Weight training strengthens not only your muscles but also your tendons and ligaments. This strengthens and stabilizes your joints substantially lowering the chance of injury.

If the worst does happen and you suffer an injury, prior strength training will make your recovery shorter, with a greater chance of a full recovery.

Lastly, the benefits of regular weight lifting can be seen and felt for the rest of your much longer and much healthier life.

The impact of strength training on our lives cannot be measured. Enjoy the immediate boost of endorphins mixed with the knowledge that you are taking control of your life, your health and your appearance.

Over the long term, you'll become a more confident, self-assured, vibrant version of yourself. With all these benefits, what is 30 minutes a day? Take control and live a better life!