More Than Just Stronger

“The four most significant benefits of strength training are Planning, Discipline, Mobility, and Confidence!”

Jackie Niciforo

Four Benefits You Might Not Expect from Strength Training

There’s so much more to strength training than getting fit and looking good. Although those might be the primary goals when you begin, you will be pleased to know you are doing much more. While lifting in the gym, you are enhancing your quality of life, managing your weight, developing stronger, more durable bones, and sharpening your brain function, to name a few.

The four most significant benefits of strength training are Planning, Discipline, Mobility, and Confidence!

Planning

Planning is an essential part of lifting and strength training. It displays your ability for critical thinking, which will help in all aspects of a successful life. Effective planning is key to time management, workout efficiency, creating workout plans, scheduling, and tracking progress. These time management skills are essential life tools that will help you become more effective outside of the gym as well.

Discipline

Strength training requires consistency and dedication. To see progress, you must stick to a consistent workout regimen, push through mental and physical challenges, and silence the little voice in your head telling you to quit. The ability to stick to a routine and overcome obstacles translates into improved productivity, better time management, and a stronger work ethic—all major life tools to help you become a better version of you.

Mobility

Building muscle isn’t the only benefit of strength training. Improved mobility is equally important, especially as we age. When you train through a full range of motion, you improve your body’s ability to perform daily tasks with ease and efficiency. Tasks such as cleaning your home or even playing with your grandkids become much easier when you extend your range of mobility.

Confidence

My favorite benefit of weight training is increased confidence. Weight training builds your physical strength while also building up your mental resilience. When you progress in your workouts, get stronger, and increase your weight load, your confidence will also increase. This confidence will trickle into all aspects of your life; after you crush a good workout where you increase all your lifts, you feel so good you might tackle new opportunities and surprise yourself in your personal life. Not to mention how you’ll feel in your skin. When you stay consistent with your nutrition and your lifts, you can hit your weight loss goals and bring your old jeans you never thought you’d fit into again out of retirement.

You can see how weight lifting and strength training are so much more than trying to deadlift heavy weights off the ground or banging a few dumbbells together. You are also building your overall well-being and preparing for everyday challenges. By committing to regular strength training, you unlock your full potential, both inside and outside of the gym!