Benefits Of Muscle Building Exercise

Just as having extra body fat percentage is a health hazard, having extra muscle mass is a health advantage. Building muscle mass has great meaning for your health, no matter what your age group or gender may be. If you haven't seriously considered building muscle mass, these health benefits should get you thinking.

1. Improved Appearance: so everyone knows that you look better when you build lean muscle mass to replace the fat tissue. But muscle mass also improves posture and of course you stand up straighter from sheer pride.

2. Increases Muscle Mass: muscle building programs increase the muscle mass of your body. Muscle tissue is inherently active. As your body's percentage of muscle mass increases, you resting rate of metabolism also increases. What this means for your health is that your body is burning more calories all the time. Even when you're not exercising, the muscle tissue burns fat. If your workout routine is just 25 minutes long for 3 days a week, you can have a 1 kilogram of muscle mass increase within 2 weeks.

3. Increases Bone Density: research has shown that muscle building adds to your bone density. Bones that are under stress have greater bone material and protein content. This helps you maintain your posture in later years. Human bones tend to weaken as we grow older. This is one of the leading causes of old age loss of height and breathing problems. If you build muscle during your early years, you also build bone density. Your bones thus age slower and you have a fighting chance against osteoporosis.

4. Facing Loss of Muscle Mass: as with bone density, ageing also leads to loss of muscle mass. The only way to deal with this and avoid having frail muscles and next to no body strength in the senior years is to have great muscle mass in your youth. This way even if you do loose muscle mass in your later years, you will still have plenty of strength left. Whether you're an avid wrestling fan or not, you probably do know that Hulk Hogan can still pack a mighty punch, and for good reason too!

5. Slows the Aging Process Down: muscle building just doesn't come with better appearance or strength benefits. It adds to the life span of an individual and the addition is a healthy number of years. Muscle building not only helps you better cope with age related problems, it slows down the whole aging process. You have greater energy levels, higher metabolism, lower cholesterol, lower levels of insulin, etc. Your body can effectively delay old age-setting. All in all your body really feels stronger and has a better chance of fighting diseases.

6. Resistance to Injuries: muscle building gives both your muscular as well as skeletal tissue (bones) increases resistance to sustain damage from injuries. Your body's immunity improves and you simply heal faster. The chances that you may suffer any kind of permanent body damage as a result of some injury are reduced to a minimal.

7. Reduces Stress: muscle building positively effects psychological well being. Lifting weights actually reduces stress, depression and anxiety. It gives your mood an uplift and helps in getting a better night's sleep. Many people with sleeping disorders report feeling better when they start a workout routine.

• Matt Thompson
• 09/04/2009, 6:59 AM
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