Featured Activity of the Month: Strength Training

Why should YOU be incorporating strength training exercises to your workout routine?

Strength training is important to add to your exercise routine because it helps keep the weight off; studies show that weight training at least 3 times a week burns more calories in daily activity

Weight training also protects bones and improves bone health, especially for women. After puberty women lose 1% of bone and muscle strength every year. Strength training increases bone density

Isometric resistance = contracting muscles against a nonmoving object
Isometric strength training = contracting muscles through a range of motion

To build strength over time, muscles need to recover after a workout. Don't work the same muscles consecutive days in a row, and be sure to take time to warm-up and cool-down before you begin strength training.

Strength training can reduce bone fractures in post-menopausal women
Strength training also improves glucose control, which is important for type-2 diabetes patients

Strength training will elevate endorphins (a natural opiate produced in the brain); endorphins are considered to be a natural anti-depressant and will help you sleep better and improve overall quality of life

Strength training can boost metabolism by 15%

Lean muscle will diminish over time, so you have to use it or you lose it.

Not sure where to get started? Incorporate body weight resistance exercises, resistance tubing, free weights, and weight machines!

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