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significantly reduced. Working muscles not only keep us healthy,
but looking great, as well.

Many people work out with weights and resistance training
equipment in order to build obvious muscle mass, to develop the
“six pack” abs, and basically because they like the way muscle
looks.

However, besides looking great, more muscle usually translates to
better overall health.
Researchers at the University of Michigan discovered that men

who participated in a total body weight workout three times a week
for two months dropped eight points from their blood pressure
readings.

This, according health experts, is enough to reduce the risk of
stroke by 40 percent. Women, who have traditionally been drawn
to more aerobic types of exercise, also benefit tremendously from
resistance training and should include it in their workout regimes.

Contrary to what some women believe, resistance training will not
cause you to look like Popeye.

While the numbers on the scale may not drop considerably when

you begin resistance training, muscle is denser than fat, so you will
be able to pack the same weight into a smaller space; thus, your
jeans size will still drop and you will look and feel fantastic.

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