Exercise does not have to be boring or cumbersome! By including weight training in your routine you can really spice up your workout sessions.
Weight training, like all exercise, has many health benefits such as improved strength and speed, you feel less fatigued and most of all you feel fit and healthy.
 Being able to sculpt and tone your muscles is an added bonus from training with weights.
Weight training and exercise has been proven to change your mood in a positive way, as it stimulates your metabolism, causing your body to burn calories 24 hours a day - even while you are sleeping!   Therefore you feel refreshed, fit and energized every day.
 With a well functioning metabolism you will feel years younger as your body is functioning far more effectively.
 Also, with proper exercise, by lifting weights you can even reverse your declining metabolism.
Muscle building is not just for men, women can also benefit from a program that will help them develop toned (not bulging) muscles.
It works almost each of your 650-plus muscles, ensuring that they are kept healthy and are being utilised.
While at first, weight lifting may seem impossible, as you progress through your program you will develop increased stamina and endurance.
Studies have proven weight training to increase bone density, thus providing you with a natural defense to osteoporosis.
By combining weight training with a proper diet, you can decrease your resting blood pressure, therefore  reducing your chances of heart disease.
Studies have identified that by weight training you are significantly reducing the odds and assisting in the fight against the epidemic of adult onset diabetes.
Muscle building can increase your good (HDL) cholesterol and reduce the bad (HCL) cholesterol.
Also, your risk for colon cancer is reduced because weight training decreases gastrointestinal transit times.
Good posture while sitting in the office at a desk and other everyday activities are also formed through strength training.
With a more efficient immune system and a decrease in your resting heart rate, your whole body benefits from going to the gym.
One obvious benefit of doing weights, is increased strength.
 By building up your strength and confidence your workout sessions become easier.
   Weight training can be easily adapted into your workout routine, and requires minimal equipment.
 It's a lifestyle and should be built into a healthy living program.
Include protein in your diet and eat healthy.
Foods such as turkey, skinless and boneless chicken breasts, fish and complex carbohydrates such as rice, pastas, whole grain and breads.
 Eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
Drink plenty of water and avoid eating processed foods.
 Remember, when you workout you will need to increase your water intake.
Weight training is the only exercise program that practically works your entire muscles in one training session.
It increases your strength, builds confidence and is beneficial for the body, mind, and soul.
 It is the key element to a healthy lifestyle.