Strength Training Workout

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It's the New Year and if you haven't already started on a strength training program, now would be the time to get going. There are so many benefits to adding strength training to your workout week and the pay-offs will be long-term, so it's one of the best investments of your time that you can make.

Some women are slightly intimidated by strength training. However, if you take the time to learn how to do it properly by either hiring a personal trainer or reading up on the principles of this form of exercise, you can gradually ease into it at your own comfortable pace.

Here are the main benefits you'll see with strength training:

Increased Metabolic Rate

The first benefit you'll get when you begin strength training is an enhanced metabolic
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In addition to this, a heavy strength training workout will help to release a number of 'feel good' endorphins in the body, all which will also help to reduce overall stress levels and enable you to feel much better about your day.

Increased Posture

After sitting in your desk all day at work there's a very good chance that you've begun to assume a hunched over posture - one that promotes rounded shoulders and back or neck pain.

As an added plus, those women who are using proper posture instantly look thinner, so this is something you do want to work on.

Enhanced Confidence Levels

Finally, women will often find that strength training does more for their confidence levels than anything else they've ever done. It gives a feeling of empowerment, knowing that you are increasing your physical strength and capable of doing everyday tasks on your own.

As some women are starting to get a growing concern for their own personal safety as well, taking a variety of self-defense classes for assurance purposes, strength training will also give you the piece of mind knowing that you are much more capable of protecting