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Lift Weights, Reap Hefty Benefits

Posted Jan 21, 08 7:45 PM CST in Science & Health 

(Newser) – Pumping iron has long been known to improve strength and prevent injury, but evidence increasingly points to a wide range of other benefits, writes Judy Foreman in the Boston Globe. The findings—decreased heart disease and neck pain, improved metabolism and balance—are driving groups such as the American Heart Association to bump weight training to the forefront.

Weight lifting builds muscle mass, which aerobic exercise does not. More mass means faster calorie burning, even at rest. Plus, unlike aerobic workouts, it increases blood pressure “only minimally,” writes Foreman—and only has to be done twice a week to get results. Though the training may not always be fun, Foreman says, “I need it. I’m guessing you do, too.”

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Exercisers of all types are reconsidering weights for benefits not achieved with conventional aerobic workouts.   (Index Open)
A growing body of evidence shows that strength training can provide many benefits that aerobic workouts alone cannot as well as offering some of the same health benefits as aerobic conditioning.   ((c) ericmcgregor)
Exercisers are reconsidering weights for benefits not achieved with conventional aerobic workouts.   (Index Open)
France's David Marty works out during a weights session at the Rugby Union National center in Marcoussis, south of Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)   (Associated Press)
South African Rugby Union team captain John Smit lifts up weights during an indoor training session at Champy Gymnasium in Noisy le Grand, Paris on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)   (Associated Press)
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