1. Improved physical functioning – Weight training,
today more than ever, is helping people accomplish their
activities of daily active living with greater ease and comfort.
2. Improves your mood – Need to blow
off some steam after a stressful day? Resistance training
can help.
3. Helps manage your weight – Want to drop those excess
pounds? Trade some couch time for resistance training
4. Promotes better sleep – Struggling to fall asleep?
Or stay asleep resistance training can help.
5. Can put the spark back in your sex life.
6. Builds and maintains Healthy muscle, bones & joints.
7. Strengthens and boosts your immune system.
8. Improves confidence.
9. Increases energy and endurance.
10. Reduces the risks of many diseases.
11. Improved glucose metabolism – With the high incidence
of obesity in the US, the number of diabetics in this country
has skyrocketed to epidemic proportions. A properly designed
resistance training program helps to decrease resting insulin
levels and increase sensitivity, the two key components
to improved glucose metabolism.
12. Increased metabolism – It is estimated that for
every one-pound increase in lean muscle mass, resting metabolism
increases 30 – 50 calories.
