Strength Training 101

If you want to lose weight then you should learn strength training since this training method is useful in losing weight.   Also, it not only strengthens the body, but also builds a muscle that can be appealing to the opposite sex.  There are a number of forms of resistance that you can use to accomplish what you want, such as bands, body weight, and specially designed weights or machines.

Back in the past, strength training was only used by athletes for known reason.  However, as time progresses, more and more people discover the benefits that they could get from doing strength training even if they weren’t an athlete.  Now, it is recognized as the most critical factor among health and fitness of all genders, ages, and abilities.

There are a number of reasons why strength training is so important and here are some of them:

1.  It preserves and enhance muscle mass
2.   It preserves and enhance metabolic rate
3.   It improves the bone density
4.   Helps to control the insulin level in your body
5.   Lowers the risk of injury
6.   Helps you to easily do your daily activities
7.  Lessens the risk of injury
8.  Helps us to balance
9.  Improves our self-esteem
10.  Enhances strength and endurance
11.   Enhance speed, power and agility
12.  Improve the composition of the body
13.  Decrease bad cholesterol of the body, which could harm us
14.  It lowers blood pressure

Things to know

Sets and reps – Performing 15 repetitions of weight training are vital for the muscle and if you does more than that then you are improving your muscular endurance.  Less than six reps would increase your power, 6 to 12 reps keeps your muscle tension while developing your muscle. If you do more than 12 reps then you are improving your endurance level and metabolic conditioning.

 How to choose exercise sequence?

It is important that you start with the hardest exercise of all then you can gradually move to the lightest.  This would make things easier for you since you are stronger and fresher.  As times move, you tend to be tired and more than likely; it would be harder for you to do the hardest exercises.

Training Progression

There are several ways to enhance your strength through strength training routine.  You could the weight you are lifting, the repetitions you are performing and the sets that you need to complete.   Decreasing the tempo of the speed also allows you to improve your strength.  If you limit the resting time, it won’t be good for the body as your body doesn’t have enough time to fully recover.  Also, changing exercises from time to time really help in your progress.