Using Strength Training To Burn Fat
weight training, build strength, burn fat, build muscle, tone
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It seems that too much focus is being placed on dieting and doing cardio when it comes to losing weight, and not enough importance placed on weight training. Most women don’t understand that weight training is how they can shape their bodies into that lean and toned look they want!
Muscle burns fat! It means the more muscle you have on your body the more fat your body burns.
So if you want to get rid of the fat on your body, lift weights and build strong active muscles that will eat the fat off your gut and butt! Remember, muscle burns fat!
Muscle Facts
* After puberty your essential muscle growth is over and your muscle starts to deteriorate.
* As you age you lose muscle. “If you don’t use it, you lose it.”
* The act of pregnancy further accelerates your muscle loss. The amount of protein your baby needs to develop requires the baby to steal protein (muscle) from you!
* Dieting and aerobic exercise without strength training causes muscle loss.
* Weight training re-builds your lost muscle.
* Women who weight train won’t increase their muscle size much, just their muscle’s density and strength. So forget the fear of “bulking up.”
* MUSCLE BURNS FAT!!!!
Why Is Muscle So Important?
* It is the driving force behind your metabolism.
* Muscle is an active tissue that is constantly renewing itself therefore requiring energy (calories).
* The primary source of energy for muscle is fat.
* Muscle gives shape to your body.
* Muscle helps you perform optimally as a woman.
The more muscle you have on your body the more fat you burn and the more calories you burn. If you have a certain amount of muscle on your body you can eat a reasonable diet without gaining weight. This is called a good metabolism. A good metabolism doesn’t happen by accident. I do admit genetics play a part in metabolism, but you’d be amazed how much metabolism can be affected by your life choices.
Keys to Good Metabolism:
1. Weight training
2. Nutritious eating
3. Interval training
4. An active lifestyle
5. Consistency in all of the above
Muscles need to be challenged to rebuild them and get that toned look you are looking for. Lifting the same weight every time you workout will maintain that muscle, but will not change it. So challenge yourself, and increase that amount of weight and push yourself to a new level!
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on 3/15/2008
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