Strength Training for women

Many older women question the benefits of strength training but a lot of research has proven the vast physiological and psychological benefits of weight training exercises when added into a general healthy fit lifestyle. It's unfortunate, but many women over the age of thirty don't really think about the effects of getting older until they get closer to age fifty. But research has shown that the sooner you start to take action against the effects of aging, the better.

So with this information it would appear that weight training in combination with proper nutrition, as you hit thirty years of age, is very important.
For all older women, and by older women it means any woman over the age of 30, in addition to regular cardiovascular exercise, many health professionals recommend that all older women engage in regular strength training.

Why is added muscular strength so important and why would you desire to strength train?

Strength training helps older women to increase the range of movement, increase lean muscle, strengthen bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, improves health, helps prevent accidents, injuries, and sickness, and speeds rehabilitation. Strength training helps older women tone, shape and strengthen muscle fibers, minimizing the "fatty marbling" within the muscle that results in a flabby, weak muscle. Equally as important, having more strength and endurance makes daily activities easier and less tiring, thereby increasing or maintaining stamina.

Unfortunately, you cannot change the fact that you will age, but older women can control, to some degree, the rate at which age happens. Some people unwisely decrease their activity as they age, assuming it’s the norm to grow old gracefully.  However, they grow old ungracefully, with substantial limits on their mobility, self-reliance, and quality of life. The end product is suffering from the ills of growing older. Starting at around age 30 women lose approximately 6.6 pounds of lean muscle mass during each decade of life.

The few minutes you spend on your health and fitness a few days a week in the form of fitness and strength training plus following a proper healthy balanced diet will benefit all women for years to com.

Community Recreation Manager for CADSART,
Jon Kelly says:-

“The fitness programmes at Northgate Arena and Christleton Sports Centre are ideally suited to help ladies improve and maintain their personal levels of fitness. Whether they want to strength train in the gym, improve their cardio-vascular capacity on treadmills and cross-trainers, or work on their over all stamina in a music based class then there will be something for them. With our flexible pricing structure the only commitment we expect our customers to make is to their own personal health”