My poll this month asks, "How many times a week do you lift weights?"
The majority fell in the 2-3 times a week category. This is fantastic! 2-3 times a week is the recommended amount of strength training sessions to keep your muscles strong and healthy.
Resistance training is functional. It does a lot more for you, than just developing a hot bod. Even if that's what we're mostly after!
20 Reasons to Strength Train:
- Strengthens bones, joints and ligaments
- Aids weight loss
- Prevents osteoporosis
- Prevents injuries
- Reduces healing time when injuries happen
- Improves confidence
- Allows you to be independent in old age
- Makes tasks, like carrying groceries easier
- Assists endurance performance. Stronger legs to carry you when running, stronger arms to propel you while swimming etc
- Lowers your resting heart rate (RHR)
- Restores bone density. You lose muscle mass every year! Rebuilds and prevents loss
- Improves balance
- Improves heart health by lowering cholesterol and blood pressure
- Increases metabolism
- Reduces depression and anxiety
- Gives you more energy
- Makes you a better lover
- Improves back pain
- Improves posture
- Improves functioning of the immune system
After these twenty (good) reasons to strength train how could you not take only 45 minutes 2-3 times a week to receive these awesome benefits? If you are unsure about your training technique, hire a personal trainer to teach you exercise form and to make sure you are working out hard enough.
Train Your Muscles!
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