
1.) Look lean and tone all over while keeping bones
and muscles strong
The first reason dispels one major myth: "I'll bulk up."
You won’t bulk up. In large part because women have only a fraction of the
"male" hormone testosterone, which helps promote muscle tissue
growth. As a result, women build less muscle mass than men, and they do so at a
slower pace.
Also, when you strength-train, your body will need more energy than usual,
and you may feel the need to eat more. And here’s the thing: if you’re not
eating the right kinds of foods and portions, and simply eating to satisfy
hunger, you could very well gain unwanted pounds and mistake that look of
weight gain for “bulking up due to strength training.” So you must understand,
it’s not the strength training that’s “bulking you up,” but more so, the
not-so-clean foods you were eating or started to eat.
Furthermore, a pound of muscle takes up about 18 percent less space than a
pound of fat, so as you burn fat and replace it with lean muscle tissue, you'll
actually look leaner, not bulkier.
Aside from aesthetic reasons, strength training helps to not only
maintain, but improve bone density. This can help to fight off
osteoporosis (brittle and fragile bones).
2.) Improve your metabolism, for the long term
As women age, they naturally lose muscle mass. This causes your metabolism
to slow, which means you could start building a spare tire by the time you
reach your 30s. When you do weight-bearing exercises, you start revving up your metabolism—and it keeps burning for many hours after your workout.
Without regular strength training to build and maintain muscle mass, your
body’s metabolism cools down over time and burns fewer and fewer calories.
According to a study done in the US in 1992, women who do not strength train
lose about 7 pounds of muscle every ten years and experience a reduction in
metabolism equal to at least 350 calories per day.
Also keep in mind, muscle tissue is more "active" than fat
tissue, with each pound burning about 30 calories a day just to sustain itself.
So even if you’re sitting on the couch or stuck at your desk for eight hours a
day, the extra lean muscles you develop will burn more calories, helping you
keep weight off for good.
3.) Blast fat fast — yes, even belly fat!
If you want to sculpt your body to look great in a bikini, then you must
lift weights. A study done by the University of Alabama proved that women that
were strength training lost more intra-abdominal fat (deep belly fat) than
those that just did cardio.
Adding strength training to your cardio workout can certainly help burn way
more calories than just doing cardio alone. This is especially true for
women that manage to progressively increase the weight load they are
lifting.
It has been proven that even though more calories may be burned during a
one-hour session of cardio, with strength training you can benefit from
the “afterburn" effect. This means that for up to 24 hours after the
workout has ended, calories are being burned at an elevated level for recovery,
blasting more fat even while you’re at rest.
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