Build Muscle
Building muscle and strength is about more than getting big. We all know how important cardiovascular exercise is - how it's great for your heart, cholesterol, and blood pressure. And whether you choose to walk, bicycle, or jog, you know that any exercise that increases your heart rate helps you burn calories and melt away unwanted pounds.
But that's only half the equation. For a balanced fitness program, strength training is essential. It can slow the muscle loss that comes with age, build the strength of your muscles and connective tissues, increase bone density, cut your risk of injury, and help ease arthritis pain.
Strength training is very important, not just for your muscles but for your bones, it's preventative for [bone-thinning] osteoporosis and other problems. Muscle-building exercise can also improve balance, reduce the likelihood of falls, improve blood-sugar control, and improve sleep and mental health.
Strength training is especially important for dieters. When you lose weight, up to a quarter of the loss may come from muscle, which can slow your metabolism. Strength training helps you rebuild any muscle you lost by dieting - or keep you from losing it in the first place.
Protein supplements are the most popular and possibly the most important sports nutrition products used by today's athletes.
Creatine is a substance found naturally in your body. Using creatine can lead to increases in strength, power, muscle mass and the avoidance of muscle fatigue during high-intensity exercise.
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and a key part of every human cell. There are 20 types of amino acids in total, split into essential which need to be acquired from food, and non-essential, that can be produced by the body itself.
