In addition to developing strength and muscle mass, weight lifting also assists the human body in burning fat.
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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.
Weight training, by strengthing key muscle groups, can takes stress off key areas of the body such as the lower back, making you less prone to injury in that area.
Start with a plan
It is best to start with a plan, which may be joining a gym where you can regularly go to get a full workout, or purchasing a home workout system that uses resistance other than weights, but produces similar results. When making your plan decide if you can workout everyday (you should have at least one rest day a week) or maybe thee or four days a week – be realistic and you are more likely to stick to the plan and acheive your goals. If you want to do your workouts from home UK Sports imports have a great range of equipment – take a look at their Vitesse home gym.
