On the edge of deciding whether or not to weight train? Well, we all know the main thing it is good for… and that is getting ripped to the point where it looks like you were chiseled by the gods. That is pretty much the turning point for most people to get them into weight training, but there is a lot of advantages. For this blog, I am going to put together a small list of these benefits for you to ponder over, and hopefully make your choice an easy one.
- Fast Metabolism: That’s right, not only will you lose weight, but your fast metabolism will make it possible for you to eat more without gaining weight – sweet! This is usually used by weight lifters to add more mass.
- No Diabetes: OK, I can’t guarantee that, because it doesn’t outright make it impossible to get it, but weight lifting does decrease the risk of adult onset diabetes from forming.
- Osteoarthritis: Weight lifting makes your bones stronger which will reduce the likelihood of developing osteoarthritis.
- Heart Efficiency: Your resting heart rate will be lowered. This increases the efficiency of how well the heart pumps your blood through out your body.
Recent studies have shown that it can possibly reduce the chances of getting colon cancer too, but I’m not sure how true that is yet.