Why You Should Be Strength Training With a Bowflex® Home Gym!
Strength training is when you perform exercises with resistance to build muscle strength. Strength training is not running on a treadmill, riding a stationary bike, or using a skier or rider machine. Although those types of aerobic machines use "resistance" to increase your workout intensity, it's not the same as strength training.
Strength training is like weight lifting. But you don't have to get bulky muscles - if you don't want to! You can shape and sculpt your muscles to make your body look the way you want!
Regular quality resistance training improves your bone mineral density, so for women it is essential that some form of resistance training is regularly performed as it reduces the risk of Osteoporosis.
Get Fit, Lose Fat!
Why does strength training work better than aerobics for getting fit and losing fat? Because the more muscles you have on your body, the higher your metabolism rate, and the more calories you burn! muscles
Muscle also creates the shape of your body - muscle is what makes you move, it's what gives you energy and strength.
What's the big deal about losing muscle?
Muscle acts as your body's fat burners. It's the stuff that makes you active and makes you burn calories. If you are over 30 years old and are not strength training, you are burning up to 700 fewer calories each month!
If you want to lose fat, you need to strength train to add muscle, burn calories and look fantastic. In short, you need a Bowflex® home gym.
