{"id":6429,"date":"2019-08-06T16:49:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T21:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=6429"},"modified":"2019-09-30T10:36:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T15:36:07","slug":"why-weight-training-is-ridiculously-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/why-weight-training-is-ridiculously-good-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Weight Training Is Ridiculously Good For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we age, our body steadily loses muscle mass which can in turn lead to susceptibility to injury and lack of stability, since muscle matter supports our entire structure. This article offers some solid motivation and encourages us to include some resistance training to our regular routine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4803697\/bodybuilding-strength-training\/\">Why Weight Training Is Ridiculously Good For You<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to start bodybuilding. But for strength, bone health and longevity, weight training is the best kind of exercise out there.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we age, our body steadily loses muscle mass which can in turn lead to susceptibility to injury and lack&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/metal-weights-4-fitness-exercise-strength-health-betterment-body-image.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Why Weight Training Is Ridiculously Good For You","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[62,5,70,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-6429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wellness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-heart_health","11":"tag-weight_training"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8079,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6429\/revisions\/8079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}