Strength training offers many physical, physiological, mental and emotional benefits. This is applicable\u00a0to both men and women. The great thing is that\u00a0people are starting to realise this. More and more people are adding regular strength training to their health and fitness regimes for many reasons. These are, for example,\u00a0to get strong, stay fit, lose weight, increase muscle mass or just as a mental relief.<\/p>\n
Many people believe that this type\u00a0of training cause women to become and look bulky and big, like men. This cannot be furthest from the truth! Strength training holds many physiological benefits\u00a0for women.\u00a0In addition,\u00a0it is impossible for women to build muscle and become big and bulky like men. This is because the fairer sex\u00a0simply does not have enough testosterone in\u00a0their bodies.<\/p>\n
Therefore, if you are looking for an activity that will improve your health, training to build your strength is definitely one of the top choices to consider. Here are a few ways it can help women physiologically.<\/p>\n
This type of training can help women manage their weight as it builds muscle, which is more metabolically active than fat. This means\u00a0your body will burn more calories at rest in order to maintain the muscle and its \u2018normal\u2019 daily activities.<\/p>\n
Strength training helps us build and firm up muscle. This activity\u00a0gives us a better, fitter, stronger body aesthetic. Although we may not weigh any less, we will look smaller and all clothes will fit better because our muscles are firm.<\/p>\n
As the body burns calories simply to maintain lean muscle mass, we will lose weight easier and our body fat percentages tend to be less.<\/p>\n
Weight training makes us strong and enables us to do and perform difficult tasks that we were never able to do before. This is extremely empowering as you will be able to perform activities that you weren’t able to do previously.<\/p>\n
Training for strength will improve your fitness levels – no\u00a0more panting after a few flights of stairs!<\/p>\n
Medical experts <\/a>also say that regular physical activity, such as strength training, will decrease your likelihood of developing diseases. Here’s what they say:<\/p>\n “No matter what your current weight, being active boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good,” cholesterol and decreases unhealthy triglycerides. This one-two punch keeps your blood flowing smoothly, which decreases your risk of cardiovascular diseases.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Strength training helps us build stronger muscles, stronger tendons, stronger connective tissue and stronger joints. This\u00a0reduces our risk of getting injured while performing everyday tasks. (Trifocus Fitness Academy’s Personal Training Certification – also called the National Certificate in Fitness – will teach you the ins and outs of how to build stronger musches, tendons and joints. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! This flagship fitness course is locally and internationally accredited – with CATHSSETA, SAQA and REPPSA – which means you’ll be able to take your personal training business anywhere! Click here <\/a>for more information.)<\/p>\n Strength training can improve cardiovascular health like lowering bad cholesterol and lowering blood pressure which makes us at less risk of cardiovascular diseases. (If you are keen to gain a ‘personal trainer’s insight’ into anatomy, sign up for Trifocus Fitness Academy’s Personal Training Course. You can qualify as an accredited personal trainer in as little as 3 MONTHS! Follow this link <\/a>to find out more.)<\/p>\n There are few things that have as\u00a0a positive effect on the mind as a training session has. Strength training, in particular, helps us feel strong, empowered and positive.<\/p>\n Strength training indirectly strengthens the core as well as all the smaller muscles and muscle fibres involved in performing everyday tasks. These are, for example,\u00a0sitting and walking. Strength training, therefore, improves our posture.<\/p>\n Aside from all the physical benefits strength training offers, it is a great way to de-stress and rest your mind. If you struggle with high anxiety or stress levels, regular strength training sessions will positively affect this and will help you manage your stress.<\/p>\n Strength training helps us feel more energetic during the day, which makes the world of\u00a0difference!<\/p>\n If you are looking for a new fitness activity that will get or keep you fit, healthy, active, energetic, positive and strong, then strength training should be at the very top of your list of activities to try!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Strength training offers many physical, physiological, mental and emotional benefits. This is applicable\u00a0to both men and women. The great thing is that\u00a0people are starting to realise this. More and more people are adding regular strength training to their health and fitness regimes for many reasons. These are, for example,\u00a0to get strong, stay fit, lose weight,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2122],"tags":[104,98,344,327,28,108,50,964,358,18,123,171,542,64,45,202,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}6.\u00a0Reduces The Risk Of Injury<\/h3>\n
7.\u00a0A Healthier Heart<\/h3>\n
8.\u00a0Improve Your Attitude<\/h3>\n
9.\u00a0Improves Posture<\/h3>\n
10.\u00a0Reduce Stress<\/h3>\n
11.\u00a0More Energy<\/h3>\n