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15 BENEFITS OF STRENGTH TRAINING FOR WOMEN OVER 40
Written by Nele Liivlaid Published on February 6, 2022 in Exercise
Learn what is strength training and what are the main benefits of strength
training for women over 40 years old i.e., for peri-menopausal, menopausal, and
post-menopausal women.
However, before diving into the benefits, let’s clarify what strength training
is.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
* What is Strength Training?
* 15 Benefits of Strength Training for Women Over 40
* Prevent Muscle Loss
* The Damage Muscle Loss Does
* Increase Metabolism
* Better Hormonal Balance
* Strength Training for Women Boosts Libido
* Fat Loss and Reduction of Abdominal Fat
* Bone Health
* Strength Training for Women Makes You Stonger
* Better Blood Sugar Levels
* Mitochondrial Health
* Better Mood and Brain Health
* Anti-Ageing Effects of Strength Training for Women
* Greater Mobility and Flexibility
* Improve Sleep and Decrease Stress
* Improve Posture
* Better Quality of Life
* How to Begin with Strength Training for Women?
* Do You Need Support with Strength Training?
WHAT IS STRENGTH TRAINING?
Strength training, resistance training, weight training, or muscular training
involves the performance of physical exercises which are designed to improve
strength and endurance.
The general definition of strength training is any physical movement in which
you use your body weight or equipment (e.g., dumbbells and resistance bands) to
build muscle mass, strength, and endurance. [1, 2]
Other ways to use resistance include body weight training, tubing, bands, and
even use of water exercise. The key is finding a way to strength train that
enables you to safely do more pulling exercises than pushing exercises. It’s
beneficial to reach fatigue with the major muscles of the lower body.
For example, let’s compare a Pilates session to a session using dumbbells
resulting in muscular fatigue in each set. The muscle strength, bone health, and
metabolism benefits of the strength training surpass that of Pilates exercise.
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15 BENEFITS OF STRENGTH TRAINING FOR WOMEN OVER 40
Now, let’s dive into the main benefits of strength training for women… and men
for that matter.
PREVENT MUSCLE LOSS
Muscle mass peaks at age 25. The loss of muscle for adults who aren’t resistance
training is between 8 and 10% every decade. At that rate, living longer will
result in sarcopenia (significant muscle and strength losses) in latter decades.
THE DAMAGE MUSCLE LOSS DOES
For your information, muscle is metabolically active. In fact, some studies say
it requires 35 calories to maintain a pound of muscle and only 2 to maintain a
pound of fat. Yet, most of us will eat the same no matter what our weight is.
See the problem? That 33 calories per pound of muscle difference every day all
year can help you with what should never have been accepted as “middle-age
weight gain.”
By the way, we can also call it middle-age inactivity, or
middle-age-inappropriate activity. You can’t sweat your way out of this by doing
aerobic exercises. The same goes for randomly lifting weights at the end of your
fitness class. In other words, you can’t strength train on the whim of a fitness
instructor’s decision the day you drop into a class. Instead, you need a
strength training plan.
The truth is, the best plan would have been a progressive strength training plan
begun in your 30s and 40s to prevent losses. It’s because muscle loss begins at
30 if you’re not lifting.
Next best thing? Start strength training for women now, because muscle mass can
be developed at any age, even beyond 80 and 90 years of age.
INCREASE METABOLISM
Moving on, loss of muscle mass and a correlating increase in body fat reduces
metabolism. When you do it correctly, strength training will result in fat loss.
In addition, you’ll increase your metabolically active lean muscle that will
positively effect metabolism both at rest and after exercise as you age. [3]
BETTER HORMONAL BALANCE
Next, strength training for women will result in better hormonal balance. Human
Growth Hormone (GH) influences metabolism, body composition and aerobic exercise
capacity throughout life. However, GH production declines naturally with age. On
the other hand, resistance training and intense interval training can boost GH
significantly. [4]
Next, testosterone is supportive of libido and of self-confidence. As sex
hormone levels decline for women in peri-menopause testosterone levels often
dip. Again, intense resistance and interval training are the best ways to
naturally boost testosterone levels. At the same time, endurance exercise
reduces testosterone.
STRENGTH TRAINING FOR WOMEN BOOSTS LIBIDO
It’s known that forty to sixty percent of women in peri-menopause suffer from
low libido. An informal survey at flippingfifty.com reveals an even greater
percent of women in peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause who report low
libido.
Libido can wane from multiple reasons including lack of body confidence,
dropping testosterone levels, and low energy. Exercise, specifically strength
training for women, counters each of those factors. [5]
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FAT LOSS AND REDUCTION OF ABDOMINAL FAT
Do you want to know how NOT to gain weight, total fat, and belly fat with age?
The answer is strength training.
Why should you care about belly fat anyway? Fat stored around the abdomen,
especially visceral fat, is associated with an increased risk of chronic
diseases, including heart disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2
diabetes, and certain types of cancer. [6, 7, 8, 9]
Following post-menopausal women for 6 years, those that had the greatest
consistency with strength training, maintained weight, total and regional
(belly) fat. Those with no resistance training gained significant weight, total
and trunk fat over 6 years post menopause. [10]
The best ways to combat belly fat for menopausal women:
* Weekly workout schedule that includes strength training and interval
training.
* Strength train to muscle fatigue in each set.
* Reach breathlessness in your interval training.
* Volume for strength training should come from the sets and repetitions not
from the frequency of lifting. Increased lifting frequency reduces the
recovery time and tends to decrease overall intensity.
* Prefer total body workout because split routines get 8 times fewer results.
BONE HEALTH
Bone mass peaks close to age 30. At that time there’s minimal opportunity to
enhance bone density. Loss of bone without resistance training occurs at a rate
of anywhere from 0.5 to 3-5% in a year depending on a woman’s phase of life.
Nearly all older women living beyond 80 will experience osteoporosis which makes
them susceptible to fracture related to falls. What’s more, small-framed women,
or those with a high number of risk factors will have osteoporosis earlier in
life.
Did you know that increasing bone density post menopause was once thought not
possible? However, this may have been due to the very conservative nature of the
strength training performed. At best, people were able to slow or halt their
bone loss, and even that created a positive change. Imagine, losing 1-2% bone
density a year, and then not losing any. That indeed is significant change.
Now, more recent studies that combine dietary changes with adequate weight
training stimulus have been proven to increase bone density in post-menopausal
women. [11]
However, the gap in research is clear. Some protocols do not work to increase or
positively protect bone health. Work with an expert in osteoporosis, a Medical
Exercise Specialist, or someone who has done the research and is willing to show
it to you.
To sum it up, resistance training is the only exercise which prevents natural
bone loss or reverses the loss even in menopausal or post-menopausal women. [12]
Good news is that you can reap the bone-strengthening benefits of strength
training at any age.
STRENGTH TRAINING FOR WOMEN MAKES YOU STONGER
Strength training helps you become stronger. Furthermore, it lowers your risk of
falls, as you’re better able to support your body. [13, 14, 15]
For example, one review including 23,407 adults over the age of 60 showed a 34%
reduction in falls among those who participated in a well-rounded exercise
program that included balance exercises and resistance and functional training.
[15]
Furthermore, strength training can help correct your muscular imbalances. For
example, having a stronger core, hamstrings, and glutes takes the load off your
lower back during lifting, which in turn decreases your risk of lower-back
injuries. [16, 17, 18]
BETTER BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS
Muscles play a notable role in the regulation of blood sugar levels. In fact,
with the help of insulin, the muscles can draw in glucose from the blood,
lowering blood sugar levels. [19]
In addition to helping your body be more efficient at transporting insulin to
your muscles, strength training also allows your muscles to absorb more glucose.
That means that after you exercise, your muscles will continue to use glucose
and your blood sugar may be lower for several hours. [20]
Compared to aerobic exercise, positive influence on blood sugar and insulin
resistance occurs more predictably with strength training. [21]
MITOCHONDRIAL HEALTH
Mitochondria are those powerhouses of energy that slow in production as a
natural part of ageing. They are important for many tissues in the body and body
function, not just muscle.
However, mitochondrial ageing can be reversed and or prevented with proper
intensity exercise. Both high load and low load resistance training done to
muscular fatigue are beneficial for mitochondrial health. [22]
Again, the solution is not a mild walk every day, but some vigorous and intense
exercise, consisting of both resistance training and exercise to breathlessness.
Energy is generated in the mitochondria, once believed to naturally decline with
age and accepted as a fact of life. In the last 8-10 years research has shown
that mitochondrial function can be improved, and declines reversed. So, older
adults have the same relative mitochondria function as young adults after
regular strength training. [23]
BETTER MOOD AND BRAIN HEALTH
Regular weight training may boost your mood and improve your mental health. It’s
because exercise promotes the release of mood-boosting endorphins, which can
play a role in a positive mood. [24, 25, 26]
Exercise has long been a mood booster for many. It’s also supportive of
decreasing signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety, as well as increasing
function of the hippocampus aka memory central. Resistance training along with
cardiovascular training helps problem solving skills and creativity as well.
[27]
Those who engage in strength training may have better brain health and
protection against age-related cognitive decline.
Multiple studies in older adults have pointed to significant improvements in
cognitive function (e.g., processing speed, memory, and executive function)
after participating in strength training, compared with those who did not
participate in it. [28, 29, 30]
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ANTI-AGEING EFFECTS OF STRENGTH TRAINING FOR WOMEN
Your DNA influences the way you age, but not nearly as much as the lifestyle you
follow. Six months of strength training slows down or reverses ageing and the
expression of 179 genes associated with ageing. [31]
The same study found that just twice weekly strength training for 6 months
positively influences the expression of 179 genes associated with ageing. [31]
As a woman over 40, you want to know all about it!
This phenomenon of reversing ageing is also closely related to improvements in
mitochondria function with ageing.
Age-related muscle losses are fibre specific. Fast Twitch (FT) muscle fibres are
lost twice as fast as you age. Also, they are responsible for both metabolism
and reaction skills. Your ability to right yourself if you trip to avoid falls
or react quickly to changing terrain or body positions is related to the amount
of FT fibre you have. [32]
GREATER MOBILITY AND FLEXIBILITY
Although it may come as a surprise to you, strength training can make you more
flexible.
Flexibility is measured by joint range of motion (ROM). Those with weaker
muscles tend to have lower ROM and flexibility. [33]
Furthermore, a recent review comparing stretching with strength training found
they were equally effective at increasing ROM. [34]
For best results, you need to ensure you’re completing the full ROM of an
exercise — in other words, utilise your full movement potential around a joint.
For example, lower yourself into a squat as far as you’re able to go without
compromising your form. [35, 36]
IMPROVE SLEEP AND DECREASE STRESS
Did you know that it takes 10 minutes of exercise to positively improve
self-ratings of sleep by 33%? That’s with no imposition of intensity or
measurement of parameters. Moreover, long-term regular strength training brings
about improvements in sleep. [37]
It’s noteworthy that the damaging effects of stress are related to over 80
diseases. By increasing resilience to stress both the physiological and
psychological responses to it are lower. Moreover, blood pressure, anxiousness,
adrenal responses, and ability to focus or remember, improve in fit individuals
compared to sedentary.
It’s a fact that the incidence of depression is significantly higher in older
women than men. The good news is that resistance training has proven to be
instrumental in improving mild to moderate depression. [38]
Studies show that the positive impact of exercise is comparable to or better
than medications or cognitive therapies. Most importantly, compared to
medications exercise offers no negative side effects. [39]
IMPROVE POSTURE
The effects of a life “out front” causes rounded shoulders, rounded upper back,
and forward head hang, all worsened by cell phone use and “tech neck” today.
Correct selection and performance of strength training exercises can help
correct these incorrect postures and the ensuing depressive states that
accompany them. [40]
BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE
Finally, strength training may increase your quality of life, especially as you
age. One review of 16 studies including adults ages 50 years and older showed a
significant correlation between resistance training and better mental health,
physical functioning, pain management, general health, and vitality. [41]
HOW TO BEGIN WITH STRENGTH TRAINING FOR WOMEN?
When you perform strength training, whether at a gym alone, with a personal
trainer, or at home alone, there are virtually no negative and dozens (partial
list above) of positive benefits.
* Start strength training after 40 or 50 with a solid foundation of basic
movements (push, pull, squat and hinge exercises).
* Use sessions slightly higher in repetitions (15-20 or even up to 25
repetitions depending on your condition).
* Feel free to use dumbbells at home, or at the gym. You can use machine
weights as well.
* You will need a bar or equipment of some kind to do pulling or hinging
movement against resistance. However, you will be able to do strength
training with just your own body weight as well.
DO YOU NEED SUPPORT WITH STRENGTH TRAINING?
Think about it – is your exercise giving you energy or robbing you of energy? If
you’re putting in the time and effort but not feeling more energetic, sleeping
better, and enjoying life more, maybe it’s time to regroup.
When hormones change, exercise needs to change as well. You don’t need “chair
aerobics” yet! But you may need a more hormone-balancing approach to exercise.
It takes something different to stop muscle and bone losses after menopause.
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