Strength Training For Health & Well-Being

— Strength training as we know helps us build muscle and get stronger, but that's not all. Through this process, we are also reshaping our metabolism enabling our bodies to burn more calories at rest. The more muscle we have on our body the more energy output we have, which allows our body to break-down our fat stores in order to meet this new demand. Also having a higher muscle mass percentage improves our body composition. This is our lean mass to fatty mass ratio. Having a lower body fat percentage helps us better manage our weight in the long run. Strength training can often lead to a higher after-burn effect. This means that the body continues burning calories even after the workout is over.  ~ says Noelle Valeria Teles interviews Noelle McKenzie —  she is the Co-Founder Of Leading Edge Personal Trainers, ACE certified personal trainer and level 1 Kettlebell certified, which is when she learned she had an act for helping people achieve life-long fitness goals. Leading Edge Personal Trainers is a black-owned NYC-based family business that was launched back in 2008 by Kern and Noelle McKenzie Alexander. They care most about the success of their clients and make sure they are always leading with the client's best interests at heart. Over the years Leading Edge has helped hundreds if not thousands of people become more confident in their bodies and what they can do. They instill mindful healthy habits and a personalized progressive exercise training program that transcends what their clients do in the gym to further enrich those clients' day-to-day lives. Leading Edge's goal is to have every client improve his/her quality of life and the relationship with his/her health and fitness. Nobody should have to suffer from chronic pain, and thankfully Leading Edge has been able to help so many of their clients live pain-free.  To learn more about Noelle McKenzie and her work, please visit: leadingedgeny.com   — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.