ESPMany people focus on workouts such as running, walking or cycling. But that’s not the only important type of exercise to perform. Resistance training is also critical for overall health, strength and longevity.
The great news is that you don’t have to go to a gym. You can do resistance (muscle building) exercise with a little creativity right at home. A gym usually has free weights, weight machines, and dumbbells. At home, you can replace those with cloth bags used in shopping that you fill with random items. Using bags, cans and water as your weights can save you money and work just as well.
Whatever weights you have, it will be enough to give you a stimulus and make your muscle bigger and stronger. So, it doesn't matter whether you lift a small little weight or a big heavy weight, if you can get to that point of muscle failure, where you can't quite lift the weight anymore, then that's all you need. You don't have to do another set, and you don't have to do any more repetitions. The key is that you record how much you lifted and how many repetitions you complete. Next time you exercise, either do more repetitions or lift a slightly heavier weight.
This means, no matter what weight you start at, as you hit your goals, you will quickly increase your weight. Within two or three weeks — no matter how light you started — you will be lifting at a weight that's challenging you. That will give you a great stimulus to get bigger and stronger.
One final note: Recent studies prove that the best results come from a consistent effort and encourage a weight training routine that you can do easily and often.
