Increase Your Metabolism By Building More Muscle

August 27, 2011 by admin

When we are younger and our bodies are full of hormones and we are carrying around some muscle, most of us didn’t have any trouble with excessive weight gain.

In fact I remember eating everything in sight and still couldn’t gain any weight.

As you get older and the body does not produce the growth hormone or, the testosterone like it once did, and the fact that we lose muscle mass as we age, we tend to start putting on the pounds. In today’s world of weight loss marketing and infomercials there are plenty of gadgets out there that promise to help you lose weight. Most fail miserably.

The one tried and true method that will help us lose weight at any age is building more muscle!

Fad diets or working yourself to death on the elliptical trainer at your gym alone will not get you the permanent results you want. Any type of weight loss program no matter what your age, must have weight training as part of three tier program. Diet and aerobic exercise being the other two.

Muscle burns calories 24/7. Muscle is living breathing tissue. It requires fuel to survive. It is constantly burning fuel therefore, you are in a state of calorie burning even during your sleep.

It is now known in the fitness world that weight training has the greatest effect on your metabolism. You obtain a prolonged kick after weight training that lasts several hours in regards to burning calories. You get the same kick after aerobics however, it is not as intense and, does not last as long. Besides aerobics does not build muscle anyway.

Whether you are 20 or 60 years of age, if you want to lose weight not only for cosmetic reasons but, for your overall health, than get started on a resistance training program that works the major muscle groups, back, chest, and legs.

It is never to late to start weight training to build a stronger, healthier body.

Richard Haynes PTA/CPT

Total Joint Fitness LLC

Punta Gorda, Florida.

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