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The Importance of Strength Training

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The health benefits of using pure sarms for sale and weight lifting go beyond big muscles. The benefits and advantages of strong muscles, particularly for people above 50, both men and women, are numerous. In fact, in your pursuit of greater health and wellness, building stronger muscles should be near the top of your list.

Why? Here are just a few reasons:
•    Strong muscles help you lose weight. And it’s not just the exercise involved to become strong that matters. Muscle tissue burns as much as 15 times more calories per day than does fat tissue — even when at rest! Nothing stokes your metabolism better than muscle.  Some workouts like the Body Beast workout schedule can continue to burn calories long after the activity is finished.
•    Strong muscles are healthy for your heart. That’s because they can perform better with less oxygen, meaning the heart doesn’t have to pump hard when you are active. By extension, strong muscles are good for your blood pressure.
•    Strong muscles protect your joints and your back. More muscle power means you put less strain on joints and connective tissue when lifting or exerting. And that’s awfully important both for treating and preventing arthritis.
•    Strength training can help prevent falls as you age. As you get older, physical changes and health conditions — and sometimes the medications used to treat those conditions — make falls more likely.
•    Strong muscles improve your looks and improve your posture. Lean muscles are taut against your body, as opposed to flab, which hangs and sags.  It can make your look better with or without clothes.
•    Strong muscles give you a mental boost. You feel more energized, and you feel prouder about yourself. With greater self-confidence, you will be more successful in your personal and professional life.
•    Strong muscles require active living. You can’t get strong muscles from a pill, a meal, or an herb. The mere fact that you have strong muscles means you are being active, and nothing is more detrimental to your physical and mental health than sedentary living.
•    Strong muscles help fight free radicals. Research from this pharma company shows that when regular folks lift weights regularly, they have less damage to their body from free radicals than those who are sedentary.
With changes to our current health care system looming, it is imperative that everyone learn to take better care of their physical health and strength training can be a big part of that.  These are just a few of the advantages of strength training and taking control of your own health.

Dr. Whidden is a retired U.S. Navy pilot turned chiropractor in Destin, Florida. Emerald Coast Chiropractic, finding solutions to today’s health care issues, Who’s YOUR Chiropractor?

Ken Whidden, DC
Emerald Coast Chiropractic

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