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HEALTH & FITNESS WHY RESISTANCE
TRAINING?

R esistance training is a type of training that uses necessary range of motion, flexibility, agility,

weight to stress the body enough to enhance
and strength for a particular task.
The core strength is key and functions in
lean body mass and ultimately muscular strength.
Throughout life the body goes through a series of different ways to stabilize while other body
changes and as one ages there are hormonal changes, motions are occurring. For example, when one
changes in insulin resistance, and even bone density reaches to perform a task, a healthy core will
changes. Everything gets harder to maintain; even engage the transversus abdominus to set the
muscles go through something called sarcopenia where stage for a motion. It has been noted that when
by Paula Allia they break down and without enough stimulus muscle someone has had injury to their back, this
PT, DHSc, MTC, OCS mass diminishes and ultimately without stimulation, muscle does not fire the same as someone with
muscles shrink and strength declines. The result is less a healthy back. Thus, working these muscles
strength and agility to stay competitive in activities and and trying to tap into the neuromuscular re-
for some just to be able to stay active and functional in education of muscles and patterns will help to
everyday activities. maintain a healthier functioning body.
The key to staying fit is to include three sessions of Strength training is all relative to the
It has been strength training a week. This strength training needs to individual. It may start with body weight
be done in all planes of motion. Front to back strengthens itself and then increase with sets. It has been
demonstrated the flexors and extensors of the body which are generally demonstrated over and over that exercising
over and over worked more than most though they are commonly not increases the resting metabolic rate of an
as strong as they should be and thus abnormal patterns individual that works the body hard enough.
that exercising of muscular firing may occur. Side to side activities One set of repetitions may be enough to

increases the strengthens the ABDuctors and ADDuctors. Then, of start but then as the body tolerates working
course, strengthening rotators help up to three sets will definitely
resting metabolic to stabilize the body to allow contribute to a higher resting
rate of an for participation in sports. metabolic rate and a leaner
individual that Working all planes contribute body.
to better balance and body Here’s the thing. Do
works the body awareness. not sabotage yourself with
hard enough. Many people exercise eating more. It is commonly
muscles in isolation but mentioned that people
it makes more sense to exercise so that they can eat
incorporate functional more. This may be true to
patterns when you maintain but why not strive
are working out. The to improve the body so that it
core muscles provide stays more fit and functional.
stability and thus a You are in control of the
stable platform on quality of the rest of your
which you can then life. Be smart…participate
advance the strength in your own health through
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