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Resistance training (weight training) can play an important role in the development of self-confidence and body satisfaction by increasing strength, building and toning muscles, and increasing muscular endurance. The degree of muscularity considered physically attractive can vary greatly from person to person and between sexes. Even though weight training has many health benefits, the way it will effect a person's body shape is usually very important. Understanding how your body will respond to a training program can eliminate many of the myths associated with lifting weights and will enable you to design a program specific to your needs. The hormone testosterone plays a major role in muscular development.
Because women have very little of this hormone, they tend not to "bulk-up" with weight training.
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