Strength Training

Whether you want to lose a few kilos, get toned, feel stronger or look like ‘Arnie’, all fitness programs should include strength training. The fact is, the more lean muscle you have the more energy and fat your body burns. Lean muscle uses more energy than fat, so increasing your muscle mass will mean a higher metabolic rate and therefore higher energy consumption – remember The Secret!

But what about all the other benefits of Strength training:

• Increase or maintain lean body mass
• Increase bone mineral density
• Promote more efficient fat burning and a leaner physique
• Increase functional strength
• Increase power and sporting performance
• Increased joint strength and stability
• Increased metabolic rate
• Improved posture
• Increased vitality and quality of life
• Decreased risk of osteoporosis
• Decreased risk of injury
• Promotes rehabilitation from Injury
• Decreased blood pressure
• Decreased risk of Type II diabetes