The Benefits of Resistance Training

I never thought weight lifting was for me. Then I started and was amazed at the benefits of resistance training - especially for middle aged women.  Did you know it seriously helps with the symptoms of menopause?  I couldn't believe it.  But it's true.

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I use that word rebuild because we're specifically designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

If all your hopes and dreams for the future have gone up in smoke, then it kind of feels like you're starting over, right?

And if that's you, I'm so sorry.

I know how itch that feels, but I'm here to tell you it gets better.

There is a light on the other side.

The future is brighter.

It's more beautiful than you can imagine.

I promise you, I am not the only one who's gone through it and gotten to the other side.

There are countless other women around me who have gone through this and gotten to the other side.

But it is better, I promise.

You are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

So welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

So let's get down to today's episode.

Today we're going to talk about physical health.

If you'll remember in the beginning, I said I focused on five areas when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and growth and goals.

So with it being the start of a new year, of course we're going to talk about physical health and exercise.

I mean, that just kind of seems like a no-brainer, right?

But this one, I feel like is really important, and I really want you to listen and hear me out on this one, because I think it has the potential to truly affect your life, okay?

What I want to talk about today is resistance training.

I didn't realize all the benefits there were to resistance training, and how specific they were to women who are middle-aged.

Like, I wish somebody would have told me how many benefits there were.

I wish I would have known about it more.

So, earlier in 2024, I kind of started a gym routine.

I go to the gym, I work out, do resistance training.

I started noticing some benefits.

I started seeing some changes that I hadn't seen with other types of exercise, cardio, walking, things like that, that I had done in the past.

So I started looking into it, and I was really amazed, like blown away.

So I kind of want to talk to you about it, and kind of give you the inside scoop that no one gave me, if that makes sense, right?

More research is coming out, I feel like, now, about the science of exercise, and they're really, really promoting resistance training.

But like I said, specifically for women, specifically, really middle-aged women.

And let me tell you some of the benefits that it offers.

So one of the first things is it helps your bone density.

What do we know is women?

What I heard from kind of an early age is women are more likely to experience bone loss.

Women are more prone to osteoporosis.

So I remember these vitamins, they used to have commercials for when I was in high school, they were specific for women to help them with bone density.

Resistance training will help with bone density.

That's just naturally what it does.

It also, as it's helping your bones become more dense, it's strengthening the muscle around those bones.

So another benefit of it is that it helps prevent injury.

Because those muscles around those bones are strengthening and gettin