Last week we said to forget all the confusing, complicated, and conflicting fitness advice and to focus on these 5 habits to make a big impact on your health:
- Strength train 3-4x per week
- Walk/move more
- Improve sleep quality and duration
- Increase our daily water, fruits, and vegetable intake
- Prioritize protein at every meal
Today, we’re chatting Strength Training
Strength training is the magic pill to keep you strong and healthy. Doing it 3-4 times per week is optimal, but even coming twice a week is great and will provide results. Increasing your strength and muscle mass will help with:
- Increased longevity and independence
- The ability to continue doing the things you love
- Stronger bones and joints
- Less chance of injury
- Increased confidence, self esteem, self efficacy
- Your clothes fitting better
Strength training has so many other benefits and can even increase your cardiovascular fitness. So it’s a no brainer, right?
Not quite…
Some people turn away from strength training because of the fear of getting too “big and bulky”. This is similar to being scared of driving a car because you don’t want to turn into a race car driver. The reality is, it is really hard to put on considerable muscle mass to make you big and bulky. This takes years of progressive overload, periodization, high caloric and high protein diets, supplements, etc.
Some people also turn away from strength training because they are worried about getting injured, they find weights intimidating, or they don’t know what to do or how to use them.
It’s normal to experience barriers and if you are, you’re not alone. If you need support overcoming any obstacles, send us an email to connect, the Vault Team is here to help! Our specialty class is called ‘Vault Strong’ and these classes are designed to meet you where you are at, with expert coaching, to help you start getting stronger right away.
Book a ‘no sweat’ intro with us today to learn more!
