Yeah yeah, we get it. Everyone here knows that strength training helps you feel like a badass, but we’re pretty fed up of hearing that strength training sculpts your body and reduces belly fat. We don’t spend hours of our week lifting more than our bodyweight to look like Kim Kardashian – we do it because we know it benefits us physically, emotionally, and mentally. I’ve also been recently irritated by a Facebook ad that said resistance training wasn’t suitable for women, so I wanted to put the record straight in case there are some out there who still believe that. But how exactly are we future-proofing our health by strength training? Read on to find out how strength training can help balance hormones, increase bone health, and could even reverse ageing factors. Strength Training Helps Balance Hormones Don’t think that hormones are just to do with our menstrual cycle or sexual activity – your hormones manage pretty much every process in your body with our muscles controlling the way hormones are released and also how they’re regulated. The more muscle we have, the better we can regulate, and of course strength training is something that helps grow your muscles. […]
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