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Why You Should Lift Weights (and it's not adding muscle)

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Farbood Nivi
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Nate Miyaki
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Shawn Toussaint
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Category: Health & Fitness | 959 views | Created: 11/24/12
The reputation of weight-lifting or resistance training as a means of adding muscle has had a negative affect on awareness of why there are actually more important reasons to do it, none of which have anything to do with adding muscle.
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Jim Jacobson
3 months ago | Reply |
I've heard it stated simply that almost everybody (men and women) should be lifting and otherwise moving heavy things (safely of course) for the fastest and most effective full-body workout.
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Erica Jackson
4 months ago | Reply |
completely agree with first board story of my life
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Dawn Casey-Rowe
5 months ago | Reply |
Liked that Crossfit article--it's true. Working out in the AM sets the tone for the day. I'll never be paleo--vegetarians really can't, but it always sets the mood in the right direction.

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