Benefits Of Weightlifting

#1: You will be less prone to injuries in daily life.

The best benefit to weightlifting is a drastically reduced chance of injuring yourself while moving around in your daily life. You will be able to jump up off the floor to chase your toddler or bend repetitively on the job without worrying as much about pulling a muscle or snapping a bone.

Weightlifting increases the health, size, and strength of every muscle in the body which in turn provides better support to the joints. This means people who lift weights on a regular basis have healthier muscle that is less likely to become injured and more capable of preventing injuries to other parts of the body.

#2: You will be able to move around much better.

Your daily life will also be enhanced by ease of movement. When a little one wants to play duck duck goose you won't have to struggle to get off the floor to chase them. When you teenager wants you to go out for run or walk you will be able to do so without huffing and puffing or worrying them that you'll have a heart attack before you make it back home.

Everyday movements such as carrying a basket of laundry up the stairs become much easier when your muscles are fit and strong.

#3: You will look smaller.

If weight loss is your goal, it is important to realize that weightlifting can actually make you look much smaller even before you reach your goal weight. People with well defined, strong muscles tend to look much thinner than those who have less lean muscle mass.

In fact, you could take people who weigh 10-20 pounds different and in many cases the one that weighs more will look just as small if not smaller than the lighter person. This is because they have more lean muscle mass and less fat than the other person, even though they weigh a bit more.

#4: You will be more likely to keep weight loss off long term.

Studies have proven time and again that people who use weightlifting as part of their weight loss routine are more likely to keep their weight loss off long term. This is a big advantage to weightlifting since so many people regain all or most of their weight within a year of losing it.

Weightlifting increases lean muscle mass which in turn increases metabolism. Since your metabolism predicts how many calories you burn even while you are just sitting around or sleeping, the faster it goes the easier it is to keep the weight off. If you can continue weightlifting after reaching your goal weight you will keep that faster metabolism and have a great chance of keeping the weight off.

#5: You will have less risk of developing osteoporosis.

Finally, studies are now showing that weightlifting can reduce your chances of developing osteoporosis. This is just the icing on the cake for most people!