Why train for strength?
Strength training is used to develop the strength and size of muscles – both skeletal muscles (those that attach to bones) and abdominal muscles (which form a roof over the gut). Properly performed, strength training can provide significant benefits and improvement in overall health and well-being. Strength training is important for maintaining bone density – as we age our bones become thinner and one way to make sure we’re not risking shrinkage and broken bones and hips as we get older, is to keep them strong now. While we all lose bone density as we get older, weight and strength training means the loss is slower and can even be reversed
To get the best from our exercise, strength-training routines should be changed every four to six weeks. Not only does this prevent activity from becoming boring, it also means that we avoid the problem of ‘routinising’ which is what happens we don’t change a routine on a regular basis and it eventually stops producing health benefits. When we find we can complete our regular exercise easily, it’s time to challenge our bodies by changing what we do, using more weight, discovering new exercises, working faster or slower etc.
A strength-training routine must also be built according to specific goals so that we have a purpose and a measurable outcome. Such goals might include: fat loss, maintaining weight, adding bulk (muscle mass). Every goal has a different methodology to achieve optimum results. A person who is interested in losing body fat, should strength train differently to a person looking to increase muscle bulk.
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