In my humble opinion there aren’t too many fitness goals that wouldn’t largely benefit from introducing some resistance training. By this I mean something that actively strengthens your muscles against a load whether it be free weights, machinery or even your own body weight. 

Any goal that involves the improvement of a physique like losing weight or body fat or dropping clothes sizes will be largely dictated by building muscle. That’s where this style of training becomes invaluable. 

When you stress your muscles you burn calories in the moment but also later whilst your body is recovering and repairing making it a very efficient style of training – one workout can often see you continuing to expend calories for hours or even days after. 

Coupled with this once you start to build some muscle the game changes and tips into your favour. Having muscle on your body means you will burn more calories at rest (not doing anything) this makes it easier to create a calorie deficit day to day. The more muscle you have the more you burn so the rich get richer so to speak.

Strengthening the body through resistance training is the closest thing that exists to slowing down the ageing clock as it is also a great way to improve the health and density of your bones, this in turn making your body more robust and decreasing the risks of injuries. 

These blog posts are too short for me to explain every benefit of this style of exercise but it’s something you should look to incorporate immediately if you aren’t already. Strengthening the big muscle groups like your glutes and legs is a fantastic way to start as well as your core which will in turn help your stability, balance and posture. 

If you are regularly more of a cardio person that enjoys exercise like running or cycling you will find adding some of this style will only help and enhance your capabilities there really is no disadvantage to strengthening the body in this manner. 

See you in the weights area!!