Library to Host Program on the Health Benefits of Strength Training

Tompkins County Public Library will host Dr. William Shang for “Weight Training to Avoid Diabetes,” an informative presentation on the health benefits of strength training for adults, Wednesday, February 8 at 2 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.

Author of “The FIRST Program: Fighting Insulin Resistance with Strength Training,” Shang, is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine and has served as a flight surgeon, general practitioner, coroner’s physician and pathologist. He is a recognized advocate for exercise and strength and conditioning training and currently serves as laboratory director for the student health centers at Cornell University and Ithaca College.

Shang’s library program will offer insight into the exercise recommendations of the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association, explore why strength training is important for individuals of all ages and look at how it helps combat high blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol levels, improves heart function, prevents mental decline and depression, reverses slowing metabolisms and reduces the risk of obesity.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Tom Burns at tburns@tcpl.org.