In the United States, according to a study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 21.9% of men and 17.5% of women engage in strength training.

Considering the many benefits strength training provides, these numbers are extremely low. It has been a national health objective by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the CDC to increase the number of people who regularly participate in strength training at least two times a week or more.

Are you part of the group of people who does strength train at least twice per week, head to toe? 

This article is one of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits.

Florida State University conducted research on prayer and forgiveness. The objective? To test whether praying for a relationship partner would increase someone's willingness to forgive that partner. Participants who were assigned to pray for their romantic partner reported greater willingness to forgive that partner than those who described their partner to an imagined parent.