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Self Confidence: Most of my
clients go into their workouts
without confidence but once they
start to see results, their confidence
By Dante Bean
Certified Persona trainer goes up and carries over into life
outside of the gym.
one are the days when lifting
Solid Balance and Stability:
Gweights was just for the
Most strength-training movements
stereotyped bodybuilders and or
pro athletes. In fact, the physical requires balance and mobility from
activity guidelines for Canadian’s your body. Creating stability in
these days are to do at least two full- major compound movements is
body strength-training workouts a key to overall balance.
week, or a body part split where Good Posture: When you sit all
you work out every muscle twice day at a desk or chair, your core
a week. weakens and so do the stabilizer

Being a small business owner muscles in your torso. Regular
and operator of a private gym, I strength/muscle building training
often see people wanting a quick can help increase endurance of
fix and cut corners to achieve their the muscles in your trunk and core
fitness and wellness. It is often the which are responsible for your
ones that I train 3-4 times a week posture.
that see the best results.
Athletic Strength: Weight
In this article I will name the top training might also help you get
10 benefits of weight training and better at your favorite non-gym
fitness: activities. Activities that require
short bursts of power and longer
Strong Muscles: Strength
periods of low activity or rest
training requires involvement
benefit tremendously from strength
of any activity that works your
training.
muscles against resistance (why
it’s also called resistance training). Strong Bones: Strength training
Using progressive overload will is so important, both for supporting

help you gain strength and muscle. bone growth during our younger
years and maintaining bone density
Healthy Body Fat Levels: “UPPITY? MOI?” MISS PIGGY • Answers
Strengthening your muscles that is crucially needed as we age. “UPPITY? MOI?” - MISS PIGGY ANSWER PAGE
ultimately has a huge factor on your Balanced Blood Sugar Levels:
body’s fat cells. Resistance training It has been researched that people 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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triggers a temporary metabolic with moderate levels of muscle 14 15 16
boost, called excess post-exercise strength have a 32 percent lower E U R O E L I T E E A R L
oxygen consumption. Your body risk of developing type 2 diabetes 17 18 19
needs extra oxygen to cool down than those with low levels of muscle E D O C R A T T E S I N O
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and repair itself after weight strength. As well, people who have 20 C K O F T L 22 T E R
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training, which means the proper diabetes benefit in managing their 23 24
amount of rest days is crucial blood sugar and reduce the risk R O E S D I T S Y
over the long-term in building of complications. Research shows 25 26 27 28 29 30
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lean muscle mass, increasing your that resistance training helps to J A G G E R S I C O N
resting metabolic rate. Lastly 31 I 32 33 34 35 36
regulate body composition and A B L O O M B T O S H E A
weight training may also support

insulin sensitivity. 37 38 39 40

healthy body fat levels by affecting C L E O I D I O M H O A R
hormone levels, which in return A Healthy Heart: Cardio 41 42 43 44
reduces inflammation. exercises have been the poster S E E D N E Z P R O P R E

child of cardio health and has 45 46 47
Mental and Emotional Health: A R G O G L O W I N G
gotten all the accolades; but new

One of the most important benefits 48 49 50 51
research has shown that resistance S M A S H G R A T
from working out, especially with 56
training deserves attention as well 52 53 54 55 57 58
the affects of COVID, is our mental since it has proven to lower risk of K I N G O F T H E C A S T L E
health. Weightlifting has shown 59 60 61
developing cardiovascular disease
that it reduces the occurrence and A L T O I R A T E L E X S
by 17 percent. 62 63 64
severity of depressive symptoms as
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Training increases levels of feel-
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good chemicals (like endorphins
Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
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