Why Weight Training?

Why Weight Training?

As a Personal Trainer for nearly 14 years now I have had to consistently market the goals of my fitness businesses. Many prospective clients who answer my ads hit me with one hundred questions on the phone, via e-mail, Facebook, and in person. One of the most common questions I get, after I tell them what our sessions will consist of, is – “Why weight training?”

Usually when I mention weight training I get silence on the phone, a trembling voice, or a horrific and terrifying look.  Many people, especially women, are scared of the whole weight training idea.  They have this vision of becoming a massive ugly monster in their minds because of all the old days and old ways backwards thinking of weight training.  That image of weight training needs to take a hike and the new image of weight training needs to come out and spread throughout the world.  Weight training can change your life forever. With weight training you can attain any type of body shape you want.  You can get very lean and toned, mildly lean and muscular, or ripped with big muscles.

Most of the time the key to the size of the muscles you will get, is in your food consumption.  Professional bodybuilders lift heavy weights most of the time, but their muscles would never get huge without the large amounts of food they consume.

If you have been working out for a while with no results and you want to get some lean muscle, lose the gut and the rest of the excess body fat, then this article will help.  You will learn to lift weights, perform cardiovascular exercises, and eat healthier.  You will not eat to get huge muscles, just eat for a lean and fat free muscular look.  If you have been lifting weights for a while, then read on to help you remember why you started in the first place and also you will know what to tell others when they ask you about weight training.

Question and Answer

Question: Some people who have tried resistance training (lifting weights) to lose weight have actually gained more weight at first. Why?

Answer: The reason for this is that muscle weighs more than fat and muscle is more dense (and takes up less space) than fat. People who start to lift weights will gain some weight in the beginning. This is healthy weight. It is muscle, which will in turn burn fat. Many people get worried when the scales rise and lose patience. Losing patience will only slow the fat burning process. Soon after that weight is gained, the fat will burn away. A medium is found!