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Benefits of Strength Training
 
 

 

Benefits of Strength Training
Strength training can (as demonstrated in a year long study):

      Halts Bone Loss – and Even Restores Bone: Women who didn’t exercise lost about 2% of the bone density but the women who strength-trained gained 1%.

      Improves Balance: Women who didn’t exercise showed an 8.5% decline in balance but the women who strength-trained improved by 14%.

      Helps Prevent Bone Fractures from Osteoporosis: Strength training builds bone & reduces the risk of fractures by improving strength & balance to help prevent falls.

      Energizes: Women who didn’t exercise became 25% less active but the women who strength-trained were 27% more active than before.

      Trims & Tightens:Women who strength-trained lost inches off their initial size.

      Helps Control Weight: Strength training promotes aerobic activity, which burns calories, but also boosts metabolism. When combined with a weight-reduction program, strength training maintains muscle but loses fat.

      Improves Flexibility

      Revitalizes: Women who strength trained were stronger, trimmer, and more energetic.

      A Health Tonic? Recent studies suggest that strength training reduces the risk of heart disease and adult onset diabetes, lifts depression and boosts self-esteem, eases sleep problems, relieves symptoms of both rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, combats constipation and stress incontinence.

Extracted from "Strong Women Stay Young" by Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D.,School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University with Sarah Wernick, Ph.D.

For information on this book and others by Dr. Nelson, see the Strong Women website.

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