Resistance training can build strength as well as lean muscle mass. Resistance exercises are any exercises that deals with contraction of the muscles.

It can be any resistance workouts from using dumbbells, your own body weight, rubber exercise tubbings, a gallon of milk, basically, anything that can cause your muscles to contract.

Any resistance workouts can help build strength, lean muscle mass, and burn body fat. We will be discussing the all the benefits, tips, and safety issues that will benefit your ability to having a great workout and wil give you lasting results.

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Why do resistance exercise? Resistance workouts are an important asset to being healthy and fit.

Here are a couple of reasons why resistance exercises are important:

1. It builds lean muscles.
2. Muscle fibers starts to decrease with age.
3. Build lean muscle mass and strength. R
4. Resistance exercise can slow down or maybe even reverse your aging process.
5. It has been shown that resistance exercises can also build bone.
6. It helps lower high blood pressure.
7. It can help raise your metabolism which is what controls your body weight.

Advantages/Disadvantages of
Lifting Free Weights

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Advantages: (Dumbbells and Barbells)

• The ability to have a wide variety of exercises to workout all muscle groups.
• The machine confines movement and weight, and free weight does not.
• Helps in the development of building coordination and control because it takes skill to control and balance the weights.
• During any exercises, you may be working out other muscle groups as well. You will not only be working out your primary muscle, but your secondary, or maybe a third muscle may be getting a workout.

Disadvantages: (Dumbbells and Barbells)

• There is a possibility of a chance of a serious injury or even death from dropping weights on yourself.
• It gets to be expensive buying dumbbells especially if your strong and require more weights.
• If your a beginner, free weights does require skills and knowledge.

Advantages/Disadvantages of
Machine Weights

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Advantages: (Machines)

• It's very simple and easy to use.
• Great to use for beginner's.
• Does not require much skill or coordination to use any machine weights.

Disadvantages: (Machines)

• It can be very costly and expensive to own machine equipments.
• You require a lot of space. Machine equipments does take up a lot of space.
• Using machines to do resistance exercise only workouts one muscle group at a time.
• Injury can also be a possibility during use.

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