Include strength training for a complete workout

By Abigail Mellier, | Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Experts at Harvard Medical School warn against exercise regimes that don’t include strength training.
To keep up muscle tissue, bone density and strength, it’s vital to do some kind of strength training. Doctors at Harvard Medical School offer some tips on how to incorporate these exercises into your routine in a new guide.

Two to three times a week, with 48 hours between to rest the muscles, is a good routine to get into with strength and power workouts. You need to do eight to 12 different exercises which work all the major muscle groups. Two to three sets of eight to 12 repetitions each should be enough.

Once you have learned an exercise, use weights that are heavy enough to allow you to do only the eight to 12 repetitions (you should feel you couldn’t manage even one more!). And, of course, it’s important to warm up and cool down for five to ten minutes before getting into your strength training routine.