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4 Strength Training Tips to Build a Lean & Strong Body

Some timely lessons I’ve learnt over 20+ years of training

Ange Dim
In Fitness And In Health
5 min readJul 20, 2022

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I’m a huge advocate of strength training since I’ve been practising it for over 20 years.

It’s become the best way to build muscle, become stronger and decrease body fat simultaneously.

Building lean muscle from lifting weights also helps strengthen our bones — which will serve us well into old age.

As we become older, muscle mass and metabolism decline. However, that doesn’t affect people as much who weight train.

With continuous effort over time, those usual age-related ailments don’t seem to have a negative effect.

A big part of weight training is knowing what to do and how to do it well.

This is probably the biggest obstacle for most people starting (as it was for me). So I took the chance and invested in a couple of personal trainers to fast-track my results — and it worked.

But, in saying that, not all trainers are good — so you have to be mindful of this.

Trainers aren’t the only people you can learn…

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Ange Dim
Ange Dim

Written by Ange Dim

Multi-passionate creative who's immersed in health, wellness, exercise and loves creating healthy recipes. Low carb Recipes: https://bit.ly/4cHgO8r

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