Benefits of strength training

5. Strength training boosts energy levels and improves your mood

Elevates your level of endorphins and can be an antidepressant that can help you sleep better

What % of the American adult population exercise regularly?

12% and more than 60% of adults do not achieve the recommended amount of physical activity

2. Strength training makes you stronger and fitter

Also known as resistance training- strengthens and tones your muscles by contracting them against a resisting force.

4. Strength training plays a role in disease prevention

Can be affective in decreasing arthritis pain, help postmenopausal women increase their bone density and reduce the risk of bone fractures and improve glucose control for individuals with type 2 diabetes

Isometric versus Isotonic

Isometric= contracting your muscles against a non-moving object such as against the floor during a push up Isotonic= contracting your muscles through a range of motion as in weight lifting

3. Strength training helps you develop better body mechanics

Your balance and coordination will improve as well as your posture. It can reduce your chance of falling by 40%

1. Strength training protects bone health and muscle mass

after puberty, you begin to lose about 1 percent of your bone and muscle strength every year. Strength training can stop, prevent or reverse bone and muscle loss

Physical activity definition

any bodily movement produced by the skeletal muscles. These movements require energy and can produce health benefits. Physical activity includes all physical movement, regardless the amount of energy and it is associated with daily living and can include occupational, lifestyle or leisure

Strength training benefits

benefit your heart, improve your balance, strengthen your bones, and help you lose weight. Can also help health issues such as arthritis and heart conditions

6. Strength training translates to more calories burned

can boost your metabolism to 15% and you burn calories during strength training as well as after

Benefits of a healthy lifestyle

reduced risk of heart disease (#1 cause of death in US), reduced risk of diabetes, cancer, hypertension and osteoporosis, increased bone mass, improved immune system, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, and muscular endurance, increased resting metabolic rate, helps maintain body weight and lean body mass, promotes psychological wellness, relieves tension and stress, raises energy levels, positive habits, easier aging, slows down aging and increases longevity

Physical fitness definition

the ability to meet the ordinary as well as the unusual demands of daily life sadly and effectively without being overly fatigued and still have enough energy left for leisure and recreational activities. It is the ability of the body to perform everyday physical activities and tasks without undue fatigue

Exercise

type of physical activity that requires planned, structured and repetitive bodily movement performed with the intent of improving or maintaining one or more of the components of physical fitness. Exercise is a specific type of leisure-time physical activity which is performed to enhance health and fitness (planned, structured and repetitive movement specific to activity performed and included all fitness conditioning activities and sports)