One of them is the prevention of bone loss. The bone thinning disease, osteoporosis, can be life threatening for older people, especially women. Weight training strengthens bones. While it might not prevent you from getting osteoporosis, weight training can, in some cases, delay the onset of the disease. There's another great reason to weight train - a boost in metabolism.
Resistance training increases the amount of the body's lean muscle tissue.
The number of times you can lift a weight before your muscle gets too tired to continue. The maximum weight you can lift in a single effort. When designing a muscle training program, I always start clients on endurance. This form of training involves weight lifting or performing exercises using giant elastic bands, tubing or body weight. Each exercise is done between 12 and 15 times.