Natural Decline of Your Metabolism Starts at Age 25!

Listed are the reasons why male or female it is beneficial to weight train. I believe weight training should be incorporated in all workouts......even runners.

1. The natural decline of your metabolism starts around AGE 25 and rapidly increases after age 50, weight training helps to reverse the decline. At age 25 we start to lose muscle each year which means our Basil Metabolic Rate will decrease each year. A decrease in BMR means our body is less able to use the food that we consume as energy. So.......1.) We hit 25 2.) We lose muscle 3.) BMR decreases 4.)Our body is less able to BURN the food that we ate as energy 5.) We gain adipose tissue........WE GET FAT. That's why people look back and say "Now that I think about it in my 20's I kept eating the same way, but I just kept gaining and gaining a small amount of weight every year and now I am 10-50+ pounds overweight." I hear this ALL THE TIME! It's because they weren't doing cardio & lifting or weren't lifting weights with their Cardio just to gain the muscle that they were naturally losing due to age. So, if you decide not to weight train in your 20's and after you will have to continue on a path of eating less or doing more cardio year after year just to maintain the weight that you are at. That's not even talking about improving your body.......Lots of cardio or eating less, just to maintain.......... That SUCKS!

2. When we weight train we can actually RAISE our basal metabolic rate = you burn more calories 24 hours a day. When you build the muscle that you lost due to aging you help your BMR to stay constant. When you build what you lost and then build more you actually you will raise your BMR and burn more calories all day long which will make controlling a healthy weight much easier. This will also make it easier to actually improve the look of your body. So you can lift weights, eat the same, and actually improve ......I'm all bout' it. A prime example of a higher BMR in effect is that men can eat more than woman and maintain a healthy weight. Why do you think this is? Men naturally have more lean muscle mass so they have a higher BMR so therefore they can eat more.

3. Your BMR can stay elevated for several hours after a weight training session. This means for those hours after your workout you are burning more calories than normal. The amount of the post exercise energy expenditure is mainly due to intensity of your workout (how hard you worked out) and to a lesser degree duration (how long you worked out for). So, get in the gym and keep the intensity high! For example: heavy weight with little rest in between or lighter weight with no rest.

4. Weight Training with weights, resistance, your own body weight (calisthenics), etc. is the best way to change the muscular structure of your body. The type of change you get depends on what type of weight training program you select. Muscular structural changes include long and lean, fit & tone, athletic, large muscles, dense compact muscles, etc.

5. Strengthen your bones, decrease risk for osteoporosis

6.Your body is able to control blood sugar levels with less insulin. Decrease your risk for Adult Onset Diabetes

7. Increased Balance and Coordination

8. Improves Posture

9. Less likelihood of low back pain

10. More efficient Heart, from lowering your resting heart rate, and decrease in resting blood pressure

11. Increases levels of HDL Cholesterol (good cholesterol that helps to get rid of the LDL, the bad kind)

12. Enhanced performance in sport or exercise

13. Increases joint stability

14. Decreases risk of injuries

15. Increased immune system function