1. Weight training provides stress to the muscles which causes them to adapt and get stronger. Weight training helps maintain bone density, manage weight and improve the body’s metabolism. Weight training also aids in the prevention of health conditions such as heart diseases, type-2 diabetes, and osteoporosis. 2. Weight training is using external resistance to train the body to perform certain tasks with better ease, efficiency, or technique. Weight training is used for weight loss, balance, and flexibility Where weight lifting is done with the purpose of gaining larger, stronger, and more well-defined muscles. Weight lifting can however be viewed as a subset of weight training. 3. Both men and women experience increases in muscle strength as a response to weight training, but men often have larger muscle mass gains than …show more content…
Weight training allows the body to burn more calories, and the effects of the exercise continue even after you have finished. For every additional pound of muscle gained, your body burns about 50 extra calories throughout the day, this means you can even be burning calories while you sleep or while sitting down watching television. Muscle weighs more than fat, so while your weight may not be dropping, clothing with start getting baggy and the body will get slimmer and more toned. So, while weight training ignore the scales, and instead assess the changes in your body. 5. A child can begin weight training at any age, it is just important to choose a weight load that is appropriate for the child. Strength training in youths has been proven to increase bone mineral density, and improve motor performance skills. As well as increase bone, tendon, and ligament strength, this enhances sports performance and helps reduce the risk of injury. While children do not gain muscle like post-pubescent teens and adults do while weight training, they become stronger, and more powerful connections between their nervous system and their muscles are