Strength Training Is Medicine
As we go through life, strength training is one of the best medicines you take as it can affect your health in numerous ways. The following are only a few of its benefits:
Improves quality of life
Resistance training promotes bone development
Reduces the difficulty of performing daily tasks
Can reduce blood pressure by decreasing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides, and increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Reduces muscle atrophy associated with aging
Enhances energy expenditure
Improves walking speed
Improves athletic performance
Improves self-esteem
Reduced risk of cardiovascular disease
Reduces body fat percentage, body fat mass and visceral fat in healthy individuals
Reduce the risk of all-cause mortality up to 15%

