Wouldn’t you want to start exercising if you knew it would assist your heart, improve your balance, strengthen your bones and muscles, and help you lose or maintain weight? Strength training, according to studies, can deliver all of these benefits and more.
According to the American Heart Association, strength training, often known as weight or resistance training, involves exercising a specific muscle or muscle group against external opposition, such as free weights, weight machines, or your own body weight.
Strength training is more than just bodybuilders lifting weights in the gym. The benefits of strength training workouts are abundant. Regular strength training is beneficial to people of all ages and fitness levels. It helps avoid the natural loss of lean muscle mass that happens as we age (the medical term for this loss is sarcopenia). It can also help those with chronic illnesses like obesity, arthritis, or heart disease. The most known 3 benefits of strength training workouts are: