Have you wondered why we do strength training in classes? What are the benefits of doing this as we age?

The ability to lift and carry things, to stand and sit, to move around and to do daily tasks all requires your body to have healthy functioning muscles. As we age, we start to loose our muscle mass and weakness starts to creep up on us. By doing regular strength training you help to maintain your muscle mass and ensure that you are able to carry out daily tasks without struggling.

I have found a great article in Web MD that explains the benefits of strength training as we age. It explains things in easy to understand terms and will take about 5 minutes to read.

here is the link to the article

https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/ss/slideshow-benefits-strength?ecd=wnl_faf_072020&ctr=wnl-faf-072020_nsl-Bodymodule_Position1&mb=JBCjolf1%40zaCV8mo3azFJd%2f2vZiVyKFX7%40Oy3OoScfs%3d

So keep up the weight training and keep slowly increasing your weights as you get stronger!