Health Benefits

There are several health benefits that people can obtain by lifting weights just as little as two or three days a week. One of the most important health benefits is the more muscle someone gains equals a much faster and efficient metabolism. Having a faster metabolism will burn more calories throughout the day; when more calories are burnt throughout the day it makes your body fat percentage decrease, which makes people look better.
Weight training and resistance exercise reduces bone deterioration, preventing osteoporosis, not allowing injury. Osteoporosis is a serious problem which makes peoples bones weak causing them to break in some cases. Some risk factors include smoking, genetics, taking certain medications, low bone mass, and being small or thin.
Uncontrolled blood pressure can lead to heart attacks, stroke, heart failure, or kidney failure. There are no symptoms of high blood pressure; the only way to know if your blood pressure is high is getting checked which is why high blood pressure is dangerous. Any type of physical exercise can help lower someone’s blood pressure. Other ways to reduce high blood pressure are to quit smoking, lose weight, lower alcohol intake, and eat healthy. Weightlifting can also lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and diabetes.
Some important benefits lifting does for me is it reduces colds, illnesses, stress, pulling muscles, but it increases flexibility. Weight lifting builds a stronger better immune system making it harder to get sick. Going to gym leaving your life problems behind will decrease stress levels. Stress affects everyone and is caused by hundreds of factors; personal relationships, not enough sleep, making low money, paying bills, too much money, death in the family, too much homework, poor weather, divorce and there are many more factors.