No offense body builders

I don't want to get bigger muscles and look like those body builders, I just want to get defined and toned muscles... So do I really need weight training in order to get that??  If you have never asked this question to your trainer you probably have had thought about it......I can tell you one thing, getting bigger muscles is a full time job so you are not gonna look like a body builder because of weight training...

What is weight training anyway? It's a type of resistance training which is any exercise that causes the muscle to contract against an external resistance with the expectation of increases in strength, tone, mass, or/and endurance.....so weight training is that "external resistance" which can be performed using free weights like dumbbells and bars, bodyweight exercises like push ups and/or weight machines....

So if you just hit 30 or if you are already over 30 years old and you've never done any weight training then you better start doing it or any other type of resistance training....here are five age-related benefits of resistance training:

1-Triggers a temporary boost in the hormone testosterone, a hormone necessary to protect bones and maintain muscle mass. Aging and high stress levels may lower testosterone levels in both men and women.

2-Supports a healthy heart muscle and helps lower risk of all heart and health-related diseases. Heart disease remains the number one disease that results in early death.

3-Reduces the stress response that is responsible for the weight gain around the belly; boosts level s of "happy" endorphins and hormones that improve mood and general wellbeing.

4-Preserves lean muscle tissue which is the key to: managing metabolism and body weight, promoting tissue repair and  serving as building blocks for the hormones that help regulate your biochemistry.

5-Helps to preserve immune health which weakens naturally with age and environmentally with lifestyle.