Description
What is Strength Training?
Strength training refers to exercises that are designed to build strength and endurance by forcing your muscles to work against an opposing force or resistance. The resistance can come from weight machines, free weights, resistance bands or your own body weight, as with push-ups and squats. The good news is, you don’t need a gym membership to get in a good strength-training workout – many effective resistance exercises can be done at home!
Building stronger muscles provides a long list of health benefits for both men and women, including:
- Lower risk of chronic illnesses like heart disease and diabetes
- Increased metabolism for more efficient calorie burning and weight control
- Improved blood flow and reduced inflammation
- Better balance and decreased risk of falls
- More endurance for sports and daily activities
- Improved mental wellness
Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced fitness enthusiast, this class is suitable for all fitness levels and is designed to tone and strengthen your whole body, help you get fitter, and improve athleticism. Strength Training is a great way to improve muscle tone and maintain good balance and stability. This class is Set to a playlist of motivating tunes, you’ll be working on a wide variety of exercises throughout the whole workout.
Beneficial for Women of all Ages
A supervised strength training program is highly beneficial for people of all ages. Whether you are 16 or 85 resistance exercises activate bone-forming cells, leading to stronger, denser bones. Bone density is a particularly important consideration for women given they are more prone to bone thinning and osteoporosis in their later years.
Building and maintaining muscle is important for post and peri-menopausal women to combat the loss of muscle mass that often occurs with aging, given that muscle tissue is highly metabolically active, strength training can help prevent common metabolic diseases like diabetes and help prevent the weight gain commonly experienced in menopause.
In addition to enhancing general quality of life, strength training in midlife women may offer the following benefits:
- Reduced risk of age-related cognitive decline, including Alzheimer’s disease
- Improved joint and muscle pain management and physical functioning
- Slows bone loss and prevents osteoporosis
- Lowers risk of certain cancers
- Increased range of motion and mobility
- Improved balance and reduced risk of injury due to falls
- Beginning a Strength Training Program
- If you are new to strength training”, it is important to start slowly with an emphasis on proper technique to avoid injury,”
What to Expect
Emphasis is given to effective coaching of proper technique and your teacher will observe and support you through your workout. A typical class includes:
- a standing mobility section to prepare the body for movement ;
- a main section of simple moves which targeted specific areas and muscles and may include different bands and balls and floor work for variety and differentiation
- a cooldown section that includes stretch and relaxation.
This class is delivered via livestream using google meet. Once you have purchased your course you will receive a unique link to access your livestream class. All equipment for the first 6 weeks should have been supplied to you prior to booking your course.
