Strenght Training with Home Gyms from Fitness Quest

Strength Training with Home Gyms

Strength training not only develops muscular strength and muscular endurance, it can also improve performance in other activities, change how you look, and help your muscles recover from the daily physical stresses of life.

Strength training increases and preserves muscle, which minimizes many of the negative changes associated with aging. Research has shown that strength training just twice per week can avoid a cascade of negative health consequences. After age 30 you can lose 1 percent of your muscle annually if you don¹t exercise. That means from the age of 30 until the age of 75 you can lose 45 percent of your muscle! Click here to learn all about the muscles used when working out with home gyms and free weights.

Aerobic training is still important for health and weight control, but one of the biggest reasons people gain weight is that they lose muscle. If you only do aerobics such as running, walking and biking, you will lose muscle over time.

The key to avoiding muscle loss is to strength train. Because it can increase your metabolism, strength training may be the most important exercise you can do for losing fat and maintaining your weight. Increase muscle by strength training and you¹ll burn more calories naturally--24 hours a day--even at rest!

Click below to take FirstPath's assessment test to see what strength training equipment is right for you.