WHY WEIGHT TRAIN?

Everyone knows we need to exercise to be healthy and fit, but many people don't realize how beneficial weight training can be. Here are a few reasons why you should weight train...

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 will NOT develop big muscles on women...just toned muscles.
 
4. Weight training energizes you.
 
5. Weight training strengthens your bones, reducing your risk of developing osteoporosis.
 
6. Weight training improves your muscular endurance.
 
7. Weight training has a positive effect on almost all of your 650-plus muscles.
 
8. Weight training makes you strong. Strength gives you confidence and makes daily activities easier.
   
 
9. Weight training elevates your mood. It’s hard to be in a bad mood when you look and feel better about yourself.
 
10. Weight training improves your balance and coordination.
 
11. Weight training decreases your risk of developing adult onset diabetes.
 
12. Weight training increases your blood level of HDL cholesterol (the good type).
 
13. Weight training improves your posture.
 
14. Weight training improves the functioning of your immune system.
 
15. Weight training lowers your resting heart rate, a sign of a more efficient heart.
 
16. Weight training decreases your resting blood pressure.
 
17. Weight training makes you less prone to low-back injuries.

  ... as well as many more reasons why you should add weight training to your exercise routine.