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Weight Lifting Persuasive Speech

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Have you ever looked at a bodybuilder and wanted that type of a body? Perhaps you want to lose weight, but don't know a lot about the type of exercises that are best for you? Or have you always tended to shy away from weight lifting fearing that it isn't for you? Let me tell you why weight lifting is an exercise that delivers top health benefits.

Discipline as well as perseverance is the main reason why people achieve anything in their lives. Bodybuilding is the same, it requires a disciplined approach as well as the perseverance to see it through. If someone does weight lifting in a haphazard way then they will not create the body that they first desired. A bodybuilder that does not train regularly might also be prone to injury.

Aerobic exercise that makes the body perspire is very important for burning calories, but it doesn't deliver the same health benefits as resistance training does. Resistance training helps to burn calories even when a person is not lifting weights. This means that whilst you are chilling out in front of the television, your body is still burning calories.

It does not matter what type of exercise that you do, you will still burn calories to create more energy. The best way of doing this is by a regular muscle building program that will carry on …show more content…

Scientific research shows that regular resistance training increases your Basal Metabolic Rate by 15%. On top of this, if you were doing regular aerobic exercise you could be burning 200 calories each day, but with body building on top of that you could be burning 300 more calories. Once you start to build muscle it might be a struggle to lose weight because muscle weighs more than fat, but you will still be getting healthier. Eventually you will notice your weight decreasing but, it might take a little time. Don't be put off by this because if you quit then you won't see the

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