03/01/2021
BENEFITS OF LIFTING FOR WOMEN!
Healthier Bones and Joints
Studies show that doing strength training can promote bone development, reduce lower back pain, and reverse several skeletal muscle aging factors. Strength training is not only good for your muscles, it can help ease the pain in your joints and keep your prevent bone loss.
Reduced anxiety
If you’re looking for a way to chill out and relieve some stress and anxiety, try lifting weights! There’s a strong correlation between resistance training and stress reduction/anxiety.
Improved body image
Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of resistance training is that it can also help you feel better about yourself. According to one study, weight training is associated with “significant improvements in several dimensions of body image, health-related quality of life, and physical activity behaviors, satisfaction, and comfort.”