Looking for a New Year's resolution or a new habit that will change your life?
Why not try to build muscle and become stronger?
Science clearly shows that resistance training has enormous benefits for your health and well-being. It's about making your muscles work using weights, elastic bands, your own body weight, and so on. And almost everyone can make progress.
But starting a routine and sticking to it can be challenging. That's why we created The Life Kit Guide to Building Strength. This is a free, limited edition newsletter series that offers advice on how to create a workout program that gets results. You can do this anywhere, with minimal equipment. No experience required!
How to register
To subscribe to this one-month newsletter series, click here and enter your email address. Over the next few weeks, we'll be sending you everything you need to gain muscle and strength, based on the latest research and interviews with the world's leading experts. Register anytime to get started.
Tips for building muscle mass delivered straight to your inbox.
Perhaps you have a few dusty dumbbells in your closet, a new gym membership, or none of the above. Whatever your starting point, Life Kit is here to help you. The result? Weight training doesn't have to take endless hours or be so difficult.
Here's an example of what you'll receive in our newsletter:
- Expert advice for beginners about starting work
- Strength exercises exercise in the gym or at home
- Assumptions it may hold us back, but it shouldn't
- When to expect results – and how to make progress
Health Benefits of Weight Training
Now you might be wondering: Before I go through all this hassle, is this type of training really for me? What if I'm new to all of this? Or was lifting weights never my thing?
According to research—and there is a lot of it—working your muscles has big payoffs. Here are some reasons to try it.
🛏️ This can help you live longer. Already at the age of 30–40, we begin to gradually lose muscle mass. That is, if we don't do anything about it. Eat enough evidence this strength is a powerful predictor of how long—and how good – you live. And it's never too late to start.
⚖️Good for metabolism. Adding more muscle has big payouts. It increases lean body mass and helps burn more energy. lose fat and control blood sugar levels. Some studies show that this may happen for several months.
❣️ It strengthens your mental health. This can be a powerful tool for deal with anxiety and depression. In fact, numerous studies show this can lead to significant improvement in these symptoms. And even a low-intensity program and light weights can be effective.
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This newsletter was edited by Malaka Gharib, Carmel Roth, Megan Keene and Emily Barocas. Copy editing by Pam Webster. Visual editor: Beck Harlan.
