Yes.
Whether you work sitting behind a desk or steering wheel, running after children or patients, or moving heavy furniture or equipment, everyone has aspects of their lives that could be improved with proper strength training. I say that a lot. Let me go into a little more detail on why.
➖Strength training can help improve your posture, breathing, agility, and stamina
➖Increases bone density now, and helps fend off Osteoporosis later
➖Increases metabolism, allowing you to burn more calories even as you watch Netflix
➖Improves insulin sensitivity, reducing the risk of diabetes
➖Makes you more stable and improves balance in everyday activities
➖Has been shown to improve symptoms of depression and anxiety
➖Increases mental toughness that translates to other areas of life (This won’t make sense until you have to finish that fifth squat that you don’t think you can finish)
➖Gives you a measurable metric besides that absolutely overrated scale. (Did you make the lift? Yes or no.)
➖Increases heart and lung health (That’s right, you don’t HAVE to do cardio, though it’s helpful.)
➖Reduces and prevents muscle pain and injuries (back, shoulder, etc.)
➖Encourages better sleep and higher energy
➖Helps to de-stress
➖Increases flexibility
Now, I’ll do a little MYTH BUSTING:
➖Very few women get "bulky" from weight lifting alone. It takes genetics and food choices in conjunction with lifting to bulk up.
➖Lifting heavy weights does not magically replace fat with or turn fat into muscle. You will lose fat. Also, you will gain lean muscle mass. But these are two different structures, and one does not simply replace the other.
➖It’s not true that “cardio is for weight loss and strength training is for bulking up”. Strength training helps you lose body fat and inches, tightens and builds your muscle structure, and increases the rate at which you burn calories.
The bottom line is this: While your physical state and history can affect what strength training looks like for you, the answer to the “Is strength training right for me” question is always “yes”.
If you’d like some help getting going with this or getting back into it, shoot me a message! I’d love to chat and help.
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