3/06/2008
Weight-lifting to be in better shape
Evidence is growing that strength training not only provides many benefits that aerobic workouts alone cannot but also offers some of the same health benefits as aerobic conditioning.
It has long been known that weightlifting becomes more important as you get older to prevent injury and preserve strength.
What's relatively new is that it does more than that, potentially reducing the risk of developing heart disease, relieving neck pain, improving balance and helping to battle the bulge.
The evidence for the value of strength training has grown so much that, last year, the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association issued new recommendations for healthy adults 65 and older that emphasize weightlifting.
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2/20/2008
Weight training for beginners
People who want to get into shape and be healthy should get weight training tips and familiarize themselves with the basic terms.
Weight Training is one of the best ways to beef up and get fit. All the benefits of weight training are way too numerous to list now, you may know a lot of them or you may not, but what you should know is that it's one of the best things you can do to get that body you want. The whole purpose of this article is to help you come to terms with the wide array of terminology used in the weight training world. Whether you are speaking to a personal trainer, reading from a book, or listening to a salesperson it's always good to know what they're talking about.
Maybe you have thought about joining a gym or thought about buying a peice of gym equipment. Either way you're probably going to get bombarded with some terminology that you on't understand. The gym and people within in it tend to use terms that would baffle most, and this article is about trying to understand these terms so that you know and feel comfortable with converstaions regarding weight lifting in the future.