Gym Session
If the thought of free weights, and exercise machines in rowdy busy gyms intimidate you, then gym based resistance training in your own private space on your own or with a friend might be the very thing you need to break into a healthier routine.
Why? to train in a calm, private environment.
To improve fitness, strength, mobility, flexibility, recovery.
To aid weight loss, rehabilitation, confidence, relief from stress and anxiety, mental health and work life balance.
How? by being able focus on your own individual needs with no waiting for equipment or interruptions.
Providing support if required with programs and advice, to set achievable and measurable goals.
What? The ability to perform a full range of resistance based training.
Perfect for those who are confident and experienced who wish to train alone or those less confident who wish to carry out their PT or beginners programmes without onlookers.
1. Help build and maintain lean muscle mass
Building strength is crucial for maintaining a strong metabolism as you age, since it increases lean muscle mass that naturally declines as someone gets older. Muscle mass plays a significant role in maintaining a healthy weight and general metabolic functions - for example, helping with insulin sensitivity, thyroid function and hormonal balance. Generally the more lean muscle you hold on your frame, the higher your basal metabolic rate is, which means you need more calories just to maintain your weight on any given day.
When you build more muscle, you burn more fat even when you're at rest or simply sleeping! Body weight exercises can also result in increased growth hormone production. Growth hormones are often referred to as our natural fountains of youth, because they're what help us retain lean body mass and fat-burning abilities.
2. Improve heart health
Exercise of any kind causes the heart to pump blood stronger and more effectively, which reduces blood pressure levels naturally and improves circulation. The heart is strengthened just like any other muscle when it's routinely put under more pressure, so it adapts by gaining the ability to do its job better. Strength-training exercises are also linked to healthier blood cholesterol levels and less risk for a heart attack or stroke.
3. Reduce risk for diabetes
Exercise helps with removal of glucose (sugar) from the blood, ushering the glucose into your muscles to be as stored as glycogen and used for energy at a later time. Another benefit of this process is that it prevents a high level of glycation end products from accumulating in the bloodstream, which over time can damage blood vessels, organs and tissues.
4. Improves mood and helps to fights depression
Exercise biologically reduces stress and is linked to improvements in self-esteem, confidence, the ability to problem solve, better sleep and emotional health. When you exercise, your body releases endorphins, chemicals that give you a natural high and lift your mood, helping with depression and to improve low energy levels.
5. Help maintain cognitive function
Strength training is often linked to longevity and a reduction in DNA damage due to the anti-aging effects of muscle mass. The hormone BDNF, which is stimulated by exercise, helps brain cells regenerate even as someone becomes older. Exercise also lowers oxidative stress and inflammation, which are linked to cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease, dementia and so on.
6. Improve health of joints and bones
Increasing muscle mass offers protection of joints and bones, since stronger muscles mean that you rely less on your joints to move around. Exercising has been shown to help improve back pain, ankles, knees and hips, while also increasing bone strength and density. Weight-bearing exercises increase your body's fortification of bone reserves and protect your skeletal frame, which is crucial for preventing fractures, falls and bone loss into older age (especially for women who are at a higher risk for osteoporosis).
Revive - Pilates & Fitness Studio 1150A Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, LE7 2HB.