1. Weight training tones your muscles  and raises your metabolism...which causes you to burn more calories.

2. Weight training can reverse the natural decline in your metabolism as you age.

3. Weight training has a positive effect on almost all of your 650-plus muscles.

4. Weight training energizes you.

5. Weight training strengthens your bones reducing the risk of developing osteoporosis.

6. Weight training improves muscular endurance.

7. Weight training will not develop big muscles...

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Muscle soreness is common after exercise and is a good indication that your muscles are getting stronger.

Many people who work out on a regular basis will describe this type of muscle pain as ‘good’ – many even enjoy it as a sign that they’ve pushed themselves hard enough to see a benefit from their exercise as the muscle fibers grow back stronger than before. Normal muscle soreness manifests itself as a dull but localized pain in the worked muscles that doesn’t limit range of motion but may be accompanied by tightness and temporary loss of strength....

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Spot reduction is simply the idea that if you work a specific muscle group you will decrease the amount of fat in that area. The most common example of this is people focus on abdominal exercises in an effort to lose weight in their stomach area.

In reality, there is no such thing as spot reduction. You will never attain a flat stomach just by performing abdominal exercises. The reason for this is simple: a muscle does not own the fat that surrounds it. Sit-ups, for example, will definitely strengthen your abdominal muscles, but sit-ups alone will not get rid of the...

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