The Benefits of Weight Training for the over 55’s
• Resistance training builds muscleThe more muscle you have the stronger you are to do all your day to day activities without any problems.
- Weight training boosts fat loss
- Muscle is the engine in which body fat is burned for fuel, so if you don’t have much muscle you can’t loses much fat!
• Resistance training grows bone
-Studies in bone density show that over 55s that lift weights have a much higher bone density and bones are considerably stronger.
• Resistance training improves immunity
- Immune strength depends on availability of the amino acid glutamine and muscles supply the glutamine to your immune system in order for it to work
• Resistance training fights Diabetes
-It helps improve glucose tolerance in patients with type 2 diabetes
• Resistance training improves the effects of arthritis
- Weight training can significantly assist people with arthritis; it generally reduces joint pain and increases your strength to avoid fatigue
• Resistance training helps your heart
- Resistance training improves coronary artery blood flow and increases heart strength.
See a C2K Fitness Consultant to work out a resistance routine to gain you maximum benefits.
