Weight Training

Strength Training for Weight Loss and Health: Beginner Tips

November 1, 2024 • Posted in Blog, Exercise • By Your Weight Matters Campaign 000 Image Source: Stop Weight Bias Image Gallery When people think about weight loss, cardio exercises like running, cycling or walking are often the first to come to mind. While these activities are effective for burning calories, strength training is an equally important component of a balanced weight-loss
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7 Incredible Benefits of Lifting Weights That Have Nothing to Do With Building Muscle

Boost your mood, reduce back pain, and much more. Prevention Tiffany Ayuda Photo by Mike Harrington/Getty Images We hate to sound like a broken record, but it really is crucial to incorporate lifting weights into your workout regimen. In fact, when it comes to exercise for older adults, strength training actually trumps cardio because preserving
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7 Incredible Benefits of Lifting Weights That Have Nothing to Do With Building Muscle

Boost your mood, reduce back pain, and much more! By Tiffany Ayuda Mike HarringtonGetty Images We hate to sound like a broken record, but it really is crucial to incorporate lifting weights into your workout regimen. In fact, when it comes to exercise for older adults, strength training actually trumps cardio because preserving muscle is
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Why You Need a Lifting Program

You can just walk into the gym and wing it, but you won’t make progress for very long. ByBeth Skwarecki If you want to lift weights, walking into the gym (or moseying over to your dumbbells at home) is a good start. But if you want to get stronger over time, you need to give
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Lifting Weights? Your Fat Cells Would Like to Have a Word.

By Gretchen Reynolds We all know that lifting weights can build up our muscles. But by changing the inner workings of cells, weight training may also shrink fat, according to an enlightening new study of the molecular underpinnings of resistance exercise. The study, which involved mice and people, found that after weight training, muscles create
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