3. Burn Calories
Probably my favorite reason to lift weights is the after burn effect. See, when you are doing cardio, you will be burning calories for as long as you are active. The minute you stop, your calories stop burning too. But when you are lifting weights, you are rebuilding your muscles and that carries on for the rest of the day. Your body will continue to burn calories as it rebuilds your muscles and that is the best way to burn off those excess calories. So all the ladies who are tired of running to look slimmer, start hitting the gyms and pick up the weights.