In addition to developing strength and muscle mass, weight lifting also assists the human body in burning fat.
Every pound of muscle you have will burn around 40 calories a day. People who lift weights regularly often seem to eat more than average, but their bodies are burn more fat than the average person, even when not exercising, so they never seem to become overweight. Building muscles by lifting weights will help you passively burn calories.
Strengthening bones
A full workout with weights exercises almost all of the 650 muscles in your body. Longer term benefits of weight training include strengthing your bones, which can reduce your risk of developing osteoporosis – a condition more common in Women. Many women worry that weight training will make them too muscular – However, men and women have different muscular structures, and weight training will not develop big muscles on women unless taken to extreme, if doenin moderation it will result in toned muscles.





