20 Reasons to Strength Train that have NOTHING to do with Changing Your Body Shape
When people exercise it is often assumed that they are trying to lose weight or change their body in some fashion. This is not the case for a lot of people. In a moment, I am going to rattle off 20 reasons to exercise that have absolutely nothing to do with changing the shape of your body and I am going to niche some of it down to specific to strength training. Please note these reasons are specifically targeted toward any human who is getting older each year 😉
- Improve/maintain bone density
- Improve/maintain muscle tissue
- Decrease risk of injury
- Decrease risk of falling
- Maintain/Improve balance
- Maintain/Improve full body strength
- Maintain/improve ability to get up and down off floor
- Improve/maintain independence longer
- Improve mental health
- Improve flexibility
- Build confidence and self esteem
- Improve cardiovascular health
- Build muscle
- Enjoy a more spontaneous retirement
- Enjoy a more spontaneous lifestyle
- Confidence to try new things with age
- Ability to keep up with kids/grandchildren
- Develop better and safer body mechanics
- Boosts energy/mood
- Improve sleep
If you have a goal to change the shape of your body then you can certainly add that to the already very lengthy list of reasons to add strength training to your life.