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18 Reasons Why You NEED To Lift Weights, Especially If You’re a Woman

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Jun 27, 2012 in Featured Article, Fitness Lists, Muscle It UP | 7 comments

9. Lowers blood pressure.

Lower blood pressure helps reduce coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other heart conditions. That all equals a longer, healthier life.

10. Reduces lower back pain and injury.

This builds off of #8, but strength training targeted at the back reduces lower back pain and the incidence of lower back injury. Indulge often in deadlifts and rows!

11.Improves balance and coordination.

Weight-lifting is phenomenal for ballroom dancing, mountain climbing and staying un-clumsy in your day-to-day life. Lift standing on a flipped-over Bosu ball to add extra emphasis on balance and coordination.

12. Decreases the risk of adult onset diabetes.

8.3% of the population has diabetes. Weight-lifting helps ensure that you stay a part of the other 91.7%.

Bryan DiSanto

Owner & Editor-in-Chief at Lean It UP

Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.

When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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Al

I like the information you provide, but the fact that you have to open 9 different pages just to read a single article is kind of annoying and incredibly cumbersome. You should find a more seamless format for your readers ease (…like put all the information on one page). I’d probably read your articles religiously if the reading format wasn’t such a nuisance, but I pretty much never get past page 2 before I give up entirely.
- https://www.leanit-up.com/ Bryan DiSanto
  
  Point taken, and noted.
  
  Thanks for your feedback — we broke up a lot of the older content (I’ll admit 9 is a little bit absurd, it was more a format test to see if it’d take), but most people had the same concerns as you, so in the past few months I’ve only split really long articles/when separate topics merit their own page.
  
  Thanks again Al!
  - Olly Stabler
    
    You can’t lose fat and build muscle at the same time with a non cardio exercise. Get your facts right!!!!
    - https://www.leanit-up.com/ Bryan DiSanto
      
      Says who? Undoubtedly it’s a slower process (vs. a pure bulk up or weight loss cycle), but if your training is on point (and your diet supports it) you can absolutely see visible gains in muscle mass paired with fat loss.
      
      Beginner’s, especially, typically see muscle gain and fat loss occur in concert.
      - Olly Stabler
        
        Says science? Go read some books.
        
        https://www.leanit-up.com/ Bryan DiSanto
        
        Just because something’s challenging and calculated, doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
        
        Yes it’s hard, but when you optimize res. training with diet, cardio, and supplements, it starts to come together — I’ve done it with myself and plenty of clients.
        
        Body composition goes WAY beyond calories in vs. calories out.
- https://www.leanit-up.com/ Bryan DiSanto
  
  Halved everything for you, too.
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18 Reasons Why You NEED To Lift Weights, Especially If You’re a Woman

9. Lowers blood pressure.

10. Reduces lower back pain and injury.

11.Improves balance and coordination.

12. Decreases the risk of adult onset diabetes.

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18 Reasons Why You NEED To Lift Weights, Especially If You’re a Woman

9. Lowers blood pressure.

10. Reduces lower back pain and injury.

11.Improves balance and coordination.

12. Decreases the risk of adult onset diabetes.

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