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Why Weight Training Rocks

July 11, 2009

Why is weight training so great for you?

1. One of the biggest reasons people gain fat as they age is because they gradually lose muscle as they get older.  Weight training preserves and/or increases your muscle mass, even into old age.  This causes your body to maintain or increase the number of calories is burns throughout the day, every day.  This maintenance or building of muscle and therefore metabolism makes it easier to lose fat and maintain a lean body.
2. Weight training makes you look better.  It does so by building your muscles.  When your muscles become more developed, they affect the shape of your body, giving you a “toned” look.  This is pleasing to people that look at you, and it’s pleasing to you when you look in the mirror.
3. Weight lifting not only makes your muscles stronger, but also your tendons (they connect muscle to bone) and ligaments (they connect bone to bone).  This makes it more likely that you’ll catch yourself if you stumble or lose your balance, rather than get injured.
4. Weight lifting helps strengthen bones and prevent osteoporosis.
5. Strength training can lower your blood pressure, reduce risk for diabetes, and help increase your “good” cholesterol (HDL) level while helping to decrease your “bad” cholesterol (LDL) level.

Darryl

9 Responses to “Why Weight Training Rocks”

1. JJ Jalopy says:

   July 11, 2009 at 2:17 pm

   And it’s great fun too!
2. Don Shepherd says:

   July 11, 2009 at 11:12 pm

   nothing like a rockin good workout to make me feel great to start my day. it just feels good.

   Don Shepherd

   Central Oregon Expert
3. Anthony Lemme says:

   July 11, 2009 at 11:14 pm

   I should pump more iron. I do in the winter but not so much this time of year with all the biking, running and swimming out of doors!

   Anthony
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4. Duane Cunningham says:

   July 12, 2009 at 3:56 am

   Hi Darryl,

   Have to agree with Don, nothing like pumping iron to start the day the right way!

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5. John Ho says:

   July 13, 2009 at 2:48 pm

   Darryl,

   The stronger the reasons, the more likely we’ll adhere to the regimen.

   John Ho
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6. Lisa McLellan says:

   July 15, 2009 at 12:41 am

   Great to know Darryl. I wasn’t aware of this. I do need to get back to weight training soon.

   Lisa McLellan
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7. Newport Beach, Widow Support, Bereavement Counseling, Divorce Recovery, Grief Support, Orange County, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Irvine says:

   July 15, 2009 at 6:18 pm

   Indeed, I’m with Lisa here. I want to remember to work on weight training to retain and build my lean muscle mass.

   thank you for the excellent reminders for longevity and health inducing habits!

   Best regards,

   April Braswell

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8. Pam Schulz says:

   July 16, 2009 at 3:31 am

   Good reminder that it’s not just cardio-vascular exercise that’s important to our overall health.

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9. Young Widows Bereavement Counseling says:

   September 7, 2009 at 4:35 am

   You know? I was just looking at myself in the mirror while working out on the elliptical trainer this afternoon. I was thinking how I need to add some weight training soon because of precisely what you said. that we tend to lose muscle mass with age.

   So we need to make more of a concerted effort to maintain and build our muscle mass as we age.

   Take care,

   April Braswell

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