Benefits of Strength Training

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Benefits of Kettlebell Training

WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS -- THE HUMAN BODY DESPARATELY NEEDS WEIGHT-BEARING EXERCISE

We've all heard the expression "use it or lose it," and it's never more apt than when applied to taking care of your body.
When challenged by weight-bearing exercise, your muscles and bones continually renew themselves -- sweeping out old, degenerated cells and tissue, and rebuilding new tissue that is younger, stronger, and healthier.
Without the challenge of weight-bearing exercise, your body has no impetus to renew itself, and your tissues grow old, frail, and prone to injury and disease.

WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW

Using weight machines certainly beats the heck out of sitting on the couch, but weight machines put unhealthy stress on your joints because they don't allow you to move naturally
Used properly, all types of freeweights are vastly superior to weight machines
Kettlebells go even futher because their design makes it very difficult to balance and control them, thus causing superior activation in your core and stabilizing muscles, no matter what exercise you're doing

DEVELOP EXPLOSIVE ATHLETICISM WITH KETTLEBELL-LIFTING

Muscular arms and legs are great, but your athleticism depends upon your back and core strength
Develop unbelievable explosive power and unreal endurance
Train your entire body as a system -- the way it was meant to be used on the athletic field

BUILD A BIGGER FURNACE - CRANK UP YOUR METABOLISM AND PROTECT YOUR HEALTH

Lean tissue is the only place in your body where fat is burned
Lean tissue is responsible for producing glutamine -- a major fuel source for your immune system.
Lean tissue only develops when your muscles are presented with a weight that is challenging

THE CHOICE IS YOURS: GET BIGGER AND STRONGER, OR SMALLER AND STRONGER

Strength is NOT a function of size. Size is one factor in determining strength, but there are other, more important factors.
Strength is primarily a function of the amount of tension you are able to generate in your muscle tissue.
Properly designed strength workouts will allow you to generate more tension/strength regardless of your actual muscle size.
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DEVELOP STRONG, HEALTHY BONES

Strength training provides the stress that your bones desparately need in order to remain dense, flexible, and strong.
If your bones are not subjected to weight-bearing exercise, they become thin, weak, and brittle.
Proper weight training can prevent and even reverse osteoporosis and arthrits.

FLEXIBILITY IS AS EASY AS 1-2-3 - YOUR MUSCLES LACK STRENGTH, NOT LENGTH

Believe it or not, your muscles are long enough for you to assume a Chinese split right now.
Your muscles lack strength, not length.
It has been so long since you assumed a Chinese split position (if you ever did), that your nervous system is programmed to contract and protect itself any time an extreme stretch is detected. By graudally rebuilding strength in stretched positions, you can reclaim the flexibility you once had throughout your body.

TREMENDOUS ENDURANCE CAN BE YOURS

Whether sitting at a desk for 8 hours or running a marathon, it is the major postural muscles in the back, legs, and core that hold your body upright
These same postural muscles demand the most oxygen during exercise, and the exercises that are fundamental to kettlebell lifting are ideal for exercising those muscles.
Ballistic training with kettlebells provides a workout that is both cardiovascular and strength-building for the core muscles.