What are the benefits of muscle building for women?

Many women also do fitness training in their daily lives, which is also the best way to maintain the body shape. However, many women are worried that exercise will make their muscles more developed and affect their body shape. In fact, this idea is wrong. Muscle exercise for women will only make their body shape more beautiful. So, what are the benefits of muscle exercise for women? Let’s take a look at it below.

1. Improve weight loss efficiency

When the calories a person consumes exceed the calories he or she consumes, fat will be burned to provide energy for the body, thereby achieving the effect of weight loss. In this process, basal metabolism plays an important role. People with a high basal metabolic rate have a greater ability to burn calories. The muscle content of the human body is a crucial factor affecting basal metabolism. When the body's mass and muscle content increase, more calories are consumed, resulting in an ideal weight loss effect. In addition, women can avoid weight loss rebound by building muscle.

2. Shape your body

If you simply lose fat without building muscle, your body will lack muscle and appear abnormally thin. If you exercise your muscles, you can tighten the muscles in your abdomen, legs, arms and other parts of your body, enhance muscle elasticity, make your body more muscular, and make you look fit and sunny.

3. Prevent joint and bone injuries

Muscles are the "protective layer" of joints and bones. Professor Janet Lord, director of musculoskeletal ageing research at Arthritis Research UK, said: "Healthy muscles can reduce the risk of falls later in life. Muscles help you control your movements. So once you travel, you can reduce the risk of accidents, such as a broken wrist, within a controlled range."

Through the above introduction, we know the benefits of muscle training for women. Normally, women's body structure is different from that of men during training, and they will not grow muscles like men during training. Moreover, the training intensity of women is much lower than that of men, and the situation of having lumpy muscles is very rare.