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“Strength Training for Strong Bones is a safe, specially devised exercise program for women of all ages that will help protect you from osteoporosis and achieve stronger muscles, a trimmer body, and better posture and balance.
Strength Training for Strong Bones: A Step-By-Step Program to Prevent Osteoporosis and Stay Fit and Active for Life
Price: $5.95
Once upon a time, a hundred plus years ago life was full of physical activity for our ancestors. Transportation consisted of walking on your own two feet, or if you were lucky you rode a horse. Farming was the main occupation and required hard physical labor from dawn to dusk. Household chores like washing, cooking, cleaning and shopping were all serious workouts. There was absolutely no need for anyone to add in some intentional exercise into their lives. The Industrial Revolution came along and radically changed our occupations and lifestyles. Machines started doing the hard jobs, at work and at home, and when radio, television, movies, computers and video games came along to fill the extra free time, we were only too happy to take a seat and a load off our feet. Without the physical “work” to maintain strength, our bodies pay the price and we begin a long slow downward run of muscle and bone loss of between 300-500 grams per year starting in the mid 30’s. This muscle tissue loss causes a corresponding drop in metabolism (the rate the body burns fuel) and body fat is accumulated often padding the area masking the loss so it is rarely noticed. This change in body composition (ratio of lean muscle tissue to body fat) not only lowers the metabolic rate but siphons away our strength, drains our energy levels and weakens our immune system exposing us to disease and illness. The good news is there’s an antidote that is now well known and well proven. Strength training exercise can reverse muscle and bone loss and make our bodies work better and become leaner. When challenged by strength training exercise, the body is stimulated to produce growth hormone, a hormone that has been shown to slow the aging process. Your muscles, bones and other cells in your body will have good reason to renew themselves as they are being challenged to stay strong, sweeping away old, degenerated cells and tissue. This allows the rejuvenation and rebuilding of new tissue that is younger, stronger, and healthier. Strength training exercise is such a powerful age eraser it can improve the quality of your life at any age or any physical condition you may be in It is no longer thought of as only a hobby of youth, but a lifetime method of keeping your strength and fitness which gets even more important as you get older. Whether you are 40 or 60 years old you can reclaim your youth by gaining strength and building muscle as fast as a 21 year old. It is quite possible to become 100 to 150 % stronger in just a few months of this special exercise regime. The basic premise of strength training is to use resistance to make muscles work harder than they are accustomed to working in everyday activities, and provides more health benefits than any other exercise or activity. You will be preventing or slowing degenerative changes, rebuilding damaged tissue, restoring lost function, and helping the immune system fight disease. What priority are you giving your health and well-being? Remember that if you are strong, fit, well and happy with yourself this will benefit others too. Every child deserves a happy parent; every boss would rather have a fit employee and every person appreciates a vital and vibrant spouse or partner in life. Resolve to reserve the time for strength training exercise. Whatever your current condition, you can choose to be building strength and fitness and put life back into living, or letting it slip away. It is up to you alone to decide how you will live, which path will you choose?
Don’t for a minute think that strength training is not for you. You may not be an athlete about to compete in a sport or competition, and you may have no desire to be a body builder. Perhaps you are older, a senior even. What then would you ever need strength training for?
If you don’t regularly participate in a sport or activity that will build and maintain strength, then you are the one most in need of training.
People over 50 especially!
If your concept of strength training is a bunch of muscle-bound lugs grunting and posing in a gym, rest assured that you don’t have to go anywhere near the place to benefit from effective strength training.
You also don’t have to spend hours in the gym each day to vastly improve and lengthen your active life. After all, what is the point in living a long life if you are unable to get around?
Strength training WILL VASTLY IMPROVE YOUR LIFE!
This is a bold statement, but think about the number of people, men and women both, who are pretty much finished with the fun (active) parts of life by the time they reach 70. Ready for the seniors home and needing care because they haven’t the strength and coordination to look after themselves any longer. People in their eighties are far too often in a feeble state of health, no longer able to participate in an active life.
You want to live into your eighties and beyond doing the things that you love. . . hiking, biking, skiing, walking etc. , and keeping up with you kids and grandkids.
If that’s not the case then I guess you needn’t read any further.
The truth is, improving your strength can benefit everyone regardless of age, gender, fitness level or goals. Just some of the benefits include:
* Losing fat. Muscle burns more calories than fat (from 10-20 calories per pound), so the more muscle you have, the more calories you’ll burn all day long.
* Strengthening bones. Exercise can help preserve bone mass and even stimulate bone growth.
* Burning calories. Not only do you burn calories during the workout, you also experience an after burn if you lift heavy weights or do circuit training. You can actually burn an extra 50 or so calories just from the after burn.
* Increased strength and endurance. With stronger muscles, you’re better able to handle daily activities.
* Protection from injuries. Lifting weights makes your connective tissue stronger, so you protect your joints.
* More confidence. People who lift weights report a higher self-esteem and lower instances of depression.
* Improved coordination, muscle control and balance. When you lift weights, you not only strengthen the body, you also teach your muscles how to work together more efficiently.
Strength training is important for everyone, no matter how old you are and it’s never to late to start. And, most important, you don’t have to follow a complicated program or go to a gym or lift heavy weights to enjoy the benefits.
Hello, my name is Jim and for years I've looked for a strength training and weight loss program that I could stick with and the would work for me. I've started this blog to share some great articles and resources I've discovered in my journey to change my lifestyle.
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