Strength training can also be used to increase muscle strength and endurance by lifting lighter weight in a higher rep range, such as eight to 12, or 15 to 20. When looking at the effectiveness of weight-loss exercises in terms of calories burned per minute, weight training comes second to cardio.
If we look at the kind of persons most likely to be eligible -- single mothers living in poverty with children under 18 to support -- we find little difference in welfare participation by race: 74.6% of African Americans in such dire straits are on welfare, compared with 64.5% of the poor white single moms.
549,928 people in the U.S. were without homes in a federal count done in January. Nationally, homelessness fell 3 percent last year, but the number of people without homes in California went up 3 percent. Homelessness increased 7 percent in Washington, 4 percent in Hawaii and less than 1 percent in Oregon. In San Francisco, the federal survey counted 6,996 homeless people, up from 6,775 in 2015.