Strength training contributes to our health and hormone balance. Yet women are often afraid of becoming masculine and unattractive when they do strength training. But that is not necessary. It gives you a nice, strong body. In addition, there are many more advantages. Our sports experts from Studio C Online tell you what the 7 benefits of strength training are.
After the thirtieth year of life we slowly lose muscle mass. This applies to everyone. You can largely prevent this by training your muscles, and thus strengthening them. By doing strength training for 30 minutes a few times a week, you can quickly gain muscle mass. You don't have to be in the weight room at the gym for this. Training with your own body weight also contributes to more muscle mass.
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If you have more muscle, your body burns more at rest. This gives you a higher metabolism. In addition, you have the 'afterburn' effect with strength training. During a workout, your muscles need more energy. After a cardio workout at one pace, your muscles are back to rest after 1-2 hours. No extra calories are then burned. After strength training, your muscles continue to burn for 1-3 days to be able to perform well again. So you burn much longer.
Strength training maintains bone density. This reduces the risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures.
Muscles are like shock absorbers. They help you with your balance while practicing a sport or during a workout. This reduces the chance of injuries. In addition, back, neck and buttock complaints can be prevented by strong muscles. These are common complaints in women. Especially when working behind the computer. In addition, when working from home, the workplace is not always ergonomic. Sports in itself, but especially stronger muscles can prevent many of these complaints.
Besides the fact that your muscle mass decreases as you get older, your organs also become weaker. There is a connection between these two processes:if your muscle mass decreases more slowly, so do your organs. This means that your amount of muscle mass can contribute to a longer life. Certainly a good reason to work on those muscles.
By cardio-vascular we mean your heart and blood vessels. Strength training contributes just as much to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease as cardio training. Your body composition improves. Your belly fat will decrease. Your bad cholesterol decreases, your good cholesterol increases. Your resting heart rate decreases. If you combine strength training with cardio training (especially high-intensity interval training), you create a maximum cardiovascular health benefit.
Strength training gives you a better self-image. By training your body you will think less negatively about yourself. So this is where a bit of psychology comes in. In addition, a lot of things happen in your body. This is because substances (neurotransmitters) are produced that ensure a better mood, such as dopamine and serotonin. Scientists, such as Erik Scherder, and also the health council indicate that you should train at least three times a week for half an hour to really feel better mentally. A better self-image, feeling confident, isn't that what every woman wants?
Christina and I both feel like power women after strength training. As if we can take on the whole world.
After these 7 reasons you are eager to start. Put on your sports outfit and join this strength training right away. A training with your own body weight and a low pace, so doable if you are not used to strength training yet.
Christina and Heidy are founders of the online workout platform Studio C Online.
As working moms, they know how busy life can be. With Studio C Online they therefore want to make it easier to plan sports in your life, because you can do it from home.
They offer great workouts full of variety and energy. Christina is a born entertainer. Her energy bursts through the screen. We often hear:“Christina's enthusiasm makes a workout over in no time”. “It's like Christina is in my living room.”
In this way they hope to motivate women again and again to KEEP training. This is so important. Not only for your physical health, but also for how you feel mentally.
Their studio stands for variation, variety and originality. Not a workout is the same. For example, you can choose from Studio HIIT, Studio Strength and Studio Fire. These are tough workouts, and it's better not to do them every day. In addition, you can choose from Studio Barre, Studio Sculpt (dance and aerobics in combination with arm/buttocks/core), Studio Power Pilates and Studio Stretch &Relax. These are training sessions of a lower intensity that can be nicely alternated with the heavy training sessions.
And if you are a beginner, you can start very nicely with the lighter workouts and slowly build up to the heavy workouts.
Want to try a variation of HIIT and Barre? Just in your house or garden, when it suits you? Join the Free Workout Challenge. 5 workouts in 2 weeks. You will also receive a motivational email.
