Unlock Your Potential: The Transformative Power of Strength Training
Strength Training (also referred to as Resistance Exercise) must be the core to your fitness regimen. Everything stems from muscular strength, without it, all of your other activities will eventually suffer as will your health. Strength training will, of course, make you stronger and will also:
- maintain / build muscle and lean tissues
- boost your metabolism;
- enhance bone density;
- improve mood and overall well-being
- enhance cardiovascular / aerobic fitness and health
- improve blood sugars;
- improve blood pressure;
- and much more…
Here, at OneUp Fitness, we believe in the transformative powers of strength training / resistance exercise. Which is why our primary service is to deliver a personally tailored strength training program that will work to enhance all of the above in order to help you achieve long term health and fitness. We are here to help educate you on its benefits and integrate it seamlessly and efficiently into your fitness journey.
Use the Best Tools for the Best Results
Strength training involves performing exercises to improve muscular endurance and strength by working against resistance. This can be achieved many different ways. Free weights such as dumbbells or barbells, resistance bands, weight machines or your own body weight can be used. At OneUp Fitness we focus on the use of innovative equipment; specific exercise machines that are unique to our approach, as this has been proven to be safer and more efficient. Though, we will incorporate other modalities depending on your abilities and goals.
Examples of machines / exercises that we would use include:
- Leg Press: Arguable the most important for building leg strength, bone density and enhancing aerobic fitness.
- Chest Press - Focuses on the chest, shoulders and arms.
- Compound Row: This exercise focuses on the large muscles of the back, arms and shoulders
- Lumbar Extension Machine: Works to strengthen the crucial muscles in and around the spine, particularly the lower back, which atrophy quickly with age.
- Neck Extension Machine - Strengthen and protect the muscles, tendons and ligaments in and around the cervical spine
Strength Training has many benefits!
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Maintain / Build Muscle and Lean Tissues
As we age we lose muscle and lean tissues like ligaments, tendons and even organ tissue. This process can start as early as 30 years old and accelerates every year after the age of 40. The only accepted solution to this decline in muscle loss (and strength) is resistance exercise / strength training. The sooner you start a strength training routine, the better your chances of staving off injury and decreased function as you age.
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Boost Your Metabolism
Unlike cardio exercises that burn calories primarily during the workout, resistance exercise increases muscle health, in turn, raising your resting metabolism rate (RMR). This is the rate at which you expend energy at rest. Strength training will help you burn calories even when not exercising. This also has a positive impact on your energy levels throughout the day.
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Enhances Bone Density
Strength training can improve bone density, and lower the risk of developing osteoporosis. Resistance exercises place stress on your bones, stimulating bone growth. This is especially important for people over the age of 50, particularly post-menopausal women who are at the highest risk of bone loss.
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Improve Mood and Overall Well-Being
Challenging strength training workouts can help improve mental health. This form of exercise has been shown to reduce anxiety and depression. It has also been shown to increase overall mood and feelings of well-being.
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Enhance Cardiovascular / Aerobic Fitness and Health
One of the primary predictors of long term health and risk for cardiovascular disease is a person's aerobic / cardiovascular fitness. Numerous studies have shown that a challenging strength training program alone, without subsequent and specific aerobic exercise, can produce significant and positive improvements in cardiovascular and aerobic fitness so long as the exercise is challenging, even if it is brief.
How can OneUp Fitness help?
We offer a comprehensive program of strength training that is tailored to meet your specific needs and goals. Our certified trainers will provide you with expert guidance so that you can perform the exercises safely and efficiently. We can help you on your fitness journey in the following ways:
- Personalized Workouts: Our trainers create customized strength training programs based on your fitness level, goals, and preferences. We'll design a program that will challenge you and help you improve, whether you're an athlete or a beginner.
- Expert Supervision: To maximize your results and prevent injury, it is important to use the correct form when strength training. Our trainers will correct your form and make sure you get the most from each exercise.
- Accountability and Motivation: Consistency in strength training is the key to long-term success. Our trainers will keep you motivated and accountable.
- Track your progress: We closely monitor your progress, offer regular feedback, and adjust your exercise plan as necessary to keep you on track. We will celebrate your accomplishments and identify areas of improvement as you work through your program.
Strength training / resistance exercise is an essential component of healthy aging but to be clear, the sooner you start the better your outcomes, don’t wait until you feel weak or have had an injury to start a program. Work on your muscles now to invest in your future self.
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