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Safely Control Weight Loss & Burn Body Fat

Posted in Fitness, WeightLoss & Dieting by admin on the August 28th, 2008

Cutting out 300 calories a day and exercising for just 30 to 45 minutes 3 to 4 times a week will result in loosing 1 pound. Cutting out 300 calories a day is as simple as not buttering your bread.

As you get older your metabolism slows down. After the age of 30, your body gradually begins to decrease in muscle tissue. If your activity level stays the same and the amount of calories you eat stay the same, you will still gain weight because your metabolism has slowed down. However, if you exercise and weight train a regular basis, you probably won’t notice much of a change in your metabolism as you age.

Strength Training helps increase your metabolism because fat burns less calories than muscle. The more muscle you have, the more calories you’ll burn. (more muscle equal less body fat.)

Strength training prevents muscle loss. Your body must feed off of some form of fuel in order to function. Dieting (reducing calories) tends to cause a loss in muscle due to lack of fuel to function properly. You can help avoid this by lifting weights while reducing your calorie intake. Strength training will help you preserve muscle, while also losing the unwanted fat.

While we sleep our muscles are responsible for 25% of our calorie burning. Lack of strength training, typically a person gradually loses about 5% of their metabolic rate every decade. Through strength training building more muscles, results in burning more calories (even at rest). Plus, building muscles will also help keep your metabolic rate constant.

Leaner total body. Physical fitness increases your lean muscle mass, (fat-free) body percentage while decreasing your body fat percentage.

How to train for your healthy body and improve your energy level

Strength Training helps your bones. Help fight against osteoporosis! Regular weight training has been shown too increase spinal bone mineral density up to 13 percent in about six months.

Regular exercise helps improve cholesterol levels. It helps decrease total cholesterol levels and increase “good” cholesterol levels.

Working out increases your anaerobic threshold. This allows you to work or exercise longer at a higher level.

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