Can strength training make your face firmer?

For most people who insist on regular training, strength training can indeed help make the face firmer, but it is by no means a "magic anti-aging formula". The effects of different people's training vary greatly, and some people even feel that their faces are broken after training. This matter has been quarreling in the fitness circle for several years, but there is no absolute conclusion.

I have been practicing strength training for 4 years. Before I was 30 years old, because of staying up all night and working overtime, my apple muscles sank almost to the corners of my mouth, and my jawline was almost indistinguishable from my neck. Later, I fixed my upper limbs and core training three times a week, and occasionally added half an hour of aerobics, and I didn’t do any special facial massage. When we met again after half a year, my jawline was so clear that I could use it as a ruler, and my entire face was raised by half a centimeter. Even his aunt asked if he had secretly done thread carving.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is not mysterious. The muscles on our body are originally connected into pieces of "natural tights." When you train your back, shoulders, and core, the muscle tension of the entire trunk increases, and the superficial muscles of the neck and face will not be loose and falling all day long. In addition, after strength training increases the muscles, the basal metabolism increases, the body fat rate decreases steadily, and the excess fat on the face is reduced, so naturally it will not look swollen. Especially those who combine strength training with weight loss, it is rare for their face to collapse after falling off the scale quickly, because the muscles support the skin.

But I have indeed seen a girl who complained that her face became more slumped after two months of training. When I asked her, I found out that in order to lose weight quickly, she only ate boiled vegetables every day and did aerobics for two hours without using any strength. She lost body fat too fast, and the collagen and elastic fibers on her face could not keep up with the speed of contraction, so she collapsed. There are also many people who are used to gritting their teeth and holding their breath when exerting force. As time goes by, the masseter muscles become more and more developed, and their faces become square and look like they are collapsed. If you are born with relatively loose facial ligaments, or you have reached the age of 40+ where collagen loss is particularly severe, it is indeed unrealistic to rely on strength training to achieve medical aesthetic effects.

When I practice by myself, the coach will remind me to try to breathe in through the nose and exhale through the mouth when exerting force. Don’t bite your back molars to hold back the strength. Do more stretching on your shoulders and neck after practicing. Don’t let the trapezius muscles be too tight and pull on the jawline, which will make your face look slumped. To put it bluntly, this is the same as all fitness effects. If you want to see results after practicing for three or four days, it is definitely impossible. But if you can stick to it regularly for more than half a year, stay up less late and don't diet blindly, the price/performance ratio is really much higher than buying an anti-aging essence that costs thousands.