Looking fit and being stronger are positive outcomes of purposeful resistance exercise. We consider and select strength training for growing muscle which improves or maintains the muscles’ cross-sectional area and architecture. Or we select strength training as we may need to rehabilitate an injury or reduce pain due to overuse or underuse of movement.
Athletes use strengthening exercises for improving maximal force expression, time limited force expression, functional speed enhancement, coordination, weight gain, joint protection, all to enhance performance and win.
Resistance training gives us much much more than we may suspect as it can also be considered ‘medicine’. As an adult we lose 3% to 8% of our muscle mass per decade. This loss is accompanied by a reduction of our resting metabolic rate and an accumulation of fat. With a resistance training lifestyle we can assist in the reduction of muscle loss and visceral fat, which is important in helping in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes. Training can enhance cardiovascular health by lowering blood pressure, decreasing low-density lipoproteins and triglycerides and increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Resistance training affects bone development, reduces the risk of osteoporosis, has a positive effect on physical functioning lessening the risk of falls in aging and has a favourable reduction in all-cause mortality, even by reducing or in some cases preventing cognitive decline.
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