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%