6 Excellent Reasons To Lift Weights

When I am talking about lifting weights for your health, I am not necessarily talking about being a Mr. Olympia candidate. That is for the truly dedicated and totally focused on being the biggest and best. We are talking about shaping up, looking defined in your muscles, and looking good for the ladies possibly. here are some great reasons that you should be lifting weights as part of your fitness routine.

1. Weight lifting not only helps you lose weight and get a bit more ripped, it also helps you to lose more fat from your efforts. Dieters and cardio only men will lose some muscle as well as fat where a weight lifter will lose only fat. I was definitely not aware of that, were you? I found this out in my research. You really can't tell when you are losing weight which it is, fat or muscle. Now you know. Now cardio is good combined with weight lifting to keep building muscle.

2. When you lift weights, you tear down your muscles a bit. They will start to rebuild after your workout. That is the basis if muscle building. What you don't realize is that to repair the torn down muscle, it takes energy from your body which is translated into calories. Calories provide the energy so you are burning more calories even after you stop your workout than you would have with just cardio.

3. Another thing I didn't know and I bet you don't either is that besides building muscle when you lift, you also build more bone mass. That is something new for me. Strong bones are very important as you get older. Weight training is the way to do it. Who would have thought!

4. Some studies have found that by lifting weights as part of your fitness workout, you also increase your heart health. Your heart becomes stronger and way more efficient, which in turn can and will lower your blood pressure considerably. So, if you have a blood pressure problem, weight lifting might solve it totally by the weight and fat loss and the increase in heart health. It is worth a shot after checking with your Doctor.

5. Believe it or not, some studies show that you will stick to a regular diet when weight training. You eat more proper foods for your nutrition which in turn helps you lose weight. It is a mind set. Plus you don't feel as hungry when lifting is a regular routine, therefore you eat less. Strange but true.

6. It has been a proven fact that by adding weight lifting to your fitness workout, and stick to it, that you will live a longer life. The stronger your body is overall, the happier you are, the less stress you have, and it lowers your risk of cancer and from a stronger heart, your risk of strokes. Of course I am not talking about doing weight lifting for 2 months and stopping and figure you will live longer. Not going to happen. It has to be for life. you can take time off here and there, like a vacation, but you need to go back to it.

I was quite surprised to find out some of these facts. Now there is even more reason to do weight training along with the cardio and stretching exercises. I have become a more dedicated weight lifter. I don't want to look like Mr. Atlas. I hate the musclebound look, but I definitely like to be defined and I like all the benefits I have found will happen as a result. I hope you will see the benefits also and have weight training be a part of your mens fitness workouts. At least 3 times a week will do it. Until next time, good luck.

Thanks For Reading,
Scott

I love working out and after what I found out about weight training, I am more dedicated now. There are actually a few more reasons and revelations which I have in my new mens fitness membership site called Ideal Fitness System. To get a free 7 day ecourse on mens fitness, please visit: [http://www.mensfitness4life.com] Thanks For Reading, Scot

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