Benefits of Weight Training
Everyone can benefit from weight training. Certainly not everyone out there is striving to someday grace the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine. Maybe you’re just looking to add just a little definition here and there or to firm up some loose skin (and, please, no need to mention where!).
No matter what type of physique you’re after, weight training offers important health benefits. Still undecided about whether it is worth your time and effort? I have chosen two reasons why you need to start weight training today. These two following health issues affect millions of U.S. adults. If you were looking for that proverbial ‘kick in the rear’ to jumpstart your motivation to weight train, you have found it. Read on and then take action.
#1: Improve Posture
Strengthening your back, pelvic, and abdominal muscles will keep you standing (and sitting) tall. Building up these core muscles, in addition to proper nutrition, will help ward off osteoporosis. Why should you care about this bone disease? The bone fractures that osteoporosis brings can lead to crippling pain lasting for months. Start up a weight training routine now so chronic pain doesn’t invade your lifestyle later on.
#2: Control Blood Glucose
For years, it has been known that aerobic exercise assists in the battle against type 2 diabetes. However, it wasn’t clear whether or not weight training could achieve similar results. There was even speculation from some in the medical community that it might be dangerous. Well, that theory has now been put to dust. Results from a recent Canadian study found that strength training helps to stabilize blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Fight this disease and the complications it can bring (stroke, heart disease, and blindness, just to name a few) by establishing a regular weight training routine.
These are just two of the many reasons to start weight training today. What are you waiting for?
Tags: Control Blood Glucose, Improve Posture, Weight Training, weight training benefits
August 20th, 2008 at 4:14 am
When I had gestational diabetes I was told about the benefits of exercise on lowering blood sugar levels and in helping prevent type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately our sedentary lifestyles make us prone to a more painful and unhealthy later years and we need to make more of an effort to get up off the couch/computer chair.