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FAMILY HEALTH
HEALTH
Burn calories, all day long
Strength training also helps you burn more calories throughout the day – even while
calories and speed up your metabolism, you’re not working out. The higher your
which means you lose more body fat. Your RMR, the faster you burn fat, and the quicker
metabolism is the rate at which your body you lose weight.
processes food for energy. When female’s In addition to strength training and a
strength train, your metabolism goes nutritious diet, drinking green tea and ice
through the roof! In fact, studies have shown water every day are also great for boosting
that regular strength training can increase your metabolism throughout the day—
your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate) by about making way for optimal fat loss.
5%. This means your body burns more
Decrease chances of osteoporosis
Did you know that resistance training, not coordination, both critical elements
just walking or doing aerobic activity, can in preventing falls, which can lead to
help protect your bones and prevent osteoporosis-related fractures.
osteoporosis related fractures? Age-related muscle loss, called sarcopenia,
Strength training has been shown is a natural part of aging. After age 30,
to not only prevent bone loss, you begin to lose as much as 3% to 5% per
it may even help build new decade. Most women will lose about 30% of
bone. their muscle mass during their lifetimes.
Maintaining strong Less muscle means greater weakness and
muscles through less mobility, both of which may increase
resistance training, your risk of falls and fractures. A 2015 report
helps to from the Australian Society for Bone and
maintain your Mineral Research found that people with
balance and sarcopenia had 2.3 times the risk of having
a low-trauma fracture from a fall, such as a
broken hip, collarbone, leg, arm, or wrist.
In addition, regular intake of calcium,
vitamin D, and other micronutrients play a
vital role in building up and protecting
your bones.
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