3 Reasons Why Ladies Need to Lift Weights

Protecting your bones, losing fat, and everyday badassery are just a few of the reasons you should be strength training

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What’s the best way to achieve a lean athletic body while increasing your overall health and general badassery?

Strength training.

Before you roll your eyes and say “no thanks, not for me,” read on with an open mind and find out why strength training needs to be a part of your fitness routine.

1. Protect Your Bones

Strong bones are needed to prevent osteoporosis and fractures. Osteoporosis is a common condition in older adults and literally means “porous bones.”

As you age, your ability to build new bone mass declines, especially when you are living a sedentary lifestyle.

Strength training is arguably the best exercise to protect your bone density. It can prevent bone loss and may even help build new bone mass.

So if you want to avoid brittle bones and fractures as you get older, you need to strength train.

2. Muscle Matters

You avoid strength training because you think you will get “bulky”?