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.
Statewide 115,738 Californians were counted as homeless. Of those counted, 73,699 people were unsheltered â by far the largest such population in the nation. This marks a disturbing reversal of the 2007â2015 trend, which had seen a 16.7 percent drop in the stateâs homeless population. The situation is particularly dire in Los Angeles. The metropolitan area witnessed a one-year increase of 11 percent, bringing its homeless population to 41,174 people â 7 percent of the nationâs homeless population. Los Angeles is not alone, however.