If you knew that an exercise could support your heart, boost your equilibrium, strengthen your bones, and promote weight loss while making you look and feel better, wouldn't you want to know more about it? Well, research shows that strength training offers all these benefits and more for all age groups, especially senior adults.
3. If you knew that an exercise could support your
heart, boost your equilibrium, strengthen your
bones, and promote weight loss while making
you look and feel better, wouldn't you want to
know more about it? Well, research shows that
strength training offers all these benefits and
more for all age groups, especially senior adults.
4. Here are a few science-backed ways in which strength
training can benefit your health and body other than
toning and conditioning your muscles:
• Stronger Bones
• Improves Body Image
• Develops Lean Muscle and Reduces Body Fat
• Strength Training Burns More Calories
• Improves the Mood
5. Stronger Bones:
With time, strength training courses enhance
bone density and raise the total stiffness of the
connective tissue. When we age, this is
particularly important because while it may
sound unfavourable, these two factors are vital
to the mitigation of injury. We also need our
body to be able to tighten up and stabilise, on
collision or, against externally applied forces.
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7. Improves Body Image:
Strength training can improve one’s own
thoughts about his or her body, especially when
we are talking about the benefits of strength
training for women. Several surveys analyzed
the correlation between body confidence and
strength training, and discovered that females
who do strength training self-report more
pleasant perceptions towards their bodies after
performing resistance training courses
compared with those who do not.
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9. Develops Lean Muscle and Reduces
Body Fat:
As muscle mass grows, so does the resting
metabolic frequency. Increasing metabolic
resting frequency means that the body uses
more energy at rest only to sustain the body's
necessary functions. This does not occur
overnight—consistency is key—and you should
combine your strength training with a good diet
to see progress.
10. Strength Training Burns More Calories:
• Strength training boosts your metabolism and,
consequently, your calorie burn rate during
and after your workout.
• During strength training, you burn more
calories, and your body continues to burn
them even after the training, a process called
excess post-exercise oxygen consumption or
EPOC. When you exercise, your body requires
more energy depending on the energy you
exert.
11. Improves the Mood:
Strength training has a significant positive
impact on relieving depressive symptoms. It not
only boosts physical strength, but it also lifts low
mood, mitigates the loss of involvement in
activities, and emotions of worthlessness. Plus,
it can reduce anxiety and help fight depression.
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13. Prevents Injuries:
Having a strong muscle base is crucial for all
movement, coordination, balance, and most
importantly, injury prevention. If a muscle is too
fragile, it tends to put more pressure on its
connecting tendon and can cause tendonitis.
14. Controlled Blood Sugar Levels:
Everyone with type 2 diabetes should make
strength training a part of their routine.
According to a review published in the journal
BioMed Research International, apart from
building muscle, strength training also enhances
the ability of the muscles to absorb and use
blood sugar or glucose.
15. Stay Healthy and Young:
According to research, resistance training and
strength training can improve heart and bone
health. Moreover, such workouts can reduce
cholesterol, lower blood pressure, decrease
lower back pain, and increase bone density.
Health benefits of strength training also include
a reduction in the signs and symptoms of
fibromyalgia and arthritis.
