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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28412
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