As we age, our muscle tissue shrinks or atrophies. As this happens our metabolism slows down and our bodies can no longer burn off the calories we consume. These extra calories are then turned into fat and stored in our bodies.
Resistance Training helps to keep muscles strong, which makes everyday life activities easier.
Muscle burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle you have, the more calories you'll burn all day long.
Benefits of resistance training:
- Strengthen bones, especially important for women
- Make you stronger and increase muscular endurance
- Help you avoid injuries
- Increase your confidence and self-esteem
- Improve coordination and balance
Plyometrics — Plyometric training involves practicing movements that toughen tissues and train nerve cells to stimulate a specific pattern of muscle contraction so the muscle generates as strong a contraction as possible in the shortest amount of time. Plyometric exercises use explosive movements to develop muscular power.
Resistance Band Workouts — Resistance band exercises are widely used by a variety of health and fitness practitioners, both for general strength and conditioning and rehabilitation or injury prevention. A program of resistance band exercises to compliment regular strength training may be able to improve the strength of more isolated muscle groups.
Sport Specific —Strengthen importance muscles to improve athletic performance. Baseball, football, boxing, racing, we customize a strength program that will help you improve performance in any sport or athletic goal.
Exercise Ball Workouts — Come on, don't be afraid; the big bad fitness balls won't hurt you. Give some of these exercises a shot in addition to your regular workout next time you're at the gymYou've seen them lying around the gym, but you've never really known what to do with them. At first, you may have thought they looked "girly," but then you probably saw some of the most muscular guys at your gym using them. We're talking about fitness balls, those big blow-up spheres that can be used to perform an almost endless amount of exercises for every body part.
Circuit Training — Also a cardio workout, circuit training is meant to provide strength and flexibility without bulking up. Circuit training builds muscle, but also elongates those muscles to provide that healthy, athletic look. Circuit training is an excellent low-impact type of resistance training that will benefit your whole body and mind.
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