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Top 5 Benefits of Anaerobic Exercise
The benefits of anaerobic exercise are powerful, and anaerobic
exercise needs to be a part of your fitness program
Anaerobic exercise is high intensity muscular activity that
lasts for a short period of time.
Anaerobic means "without oxygen," so your body does not use
oxygen to help produce energy when you exercise anaerobically
like it does when you exercise aerobically.
Strength training (also known as weight lifting or weight
training) and calisthenics (push-ups, pull-ups etc.) are
examples of anaerobic exercise.
Strength training is the most effective type of anaerobic
exercise. Here are the top five benefits of strength training:
1. Helps prevent health problems.
Strength training helps prevent cardiovascular disease, type
2 diabetes, low back pain, and arthritis. Even if you already
suffer from one of these ailments, strength training can help
alleviate the ailment. Strength training also strengthens your
immune system.
2. Builds and maintains lean muscle mass.
The loss of lean muscle mass can begin as early as your
mid-20s, and it results in a loss of strength, a slower
metabolism, and decreased functional fitness. The loss of lean
muscle mass is not the normal result of aging, it's primarily
the result of a sedentary lifestyle. If you don't use your
muscles they waste away. Strength training is the most effective
way to build and maintain lean muscle mass and stay strong and
functionally fit.
3. Increases bone strength and density.
Millions of people worldwide suffer from osteoporosis.
Consuming dairy products and taking calcium supplements to
increase bone strength and density is not enough. Bones need
to be challenged by weight bearing exercise or they will become
soft and brittle. Strength training will increase the strength
and density of your bones more than any other type of exercise.
4. Reduces body fat.
Strength training is just as important as nutrition and
aerobic exercise when it comes to losing body fat. Strength
training builds and maintains lean muscle mass, and the more
lean muscle mass you have the higher your metabolism will be.
The higher your metabolism, the more calories your body burns
to maintain itself and the more body fat you lose.
5. Reshapes the body and improves appearance.
Strength training is the most effective way to reshape your
body and improve your appearance. Strength training can give
you a bigger, more powerful body if you're a man, or a stronger,
more toned body if you're a woman.
As you can see, the benefits of strength training are
impressive. So make sure that strength training is a part of
your fitness program.
If you're looking for a good resource that will show you how
to develop an effective strength training program, you check out
Bodybuilding Revealed.
It not only contains strength training workouts, it also covers
everything you need to know about muscle building nutrition and
muscle building supplements.
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