Muscle is Your Metabolism:
The amount of lean muscle you maintain is directly related to your metabolism and your metabolism defines the shape of your body. Your metabolism is simply the rate at which your body burns calories. Lean muscle burns a lot more calories than fat, even at rest, so when you're dieting and not exercising you lose muscle as well as fat, your metabolism drops and you burn fewer calories.
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'Lean muscle' - is that different from fat muscle?
ReplyMM, he is just refering to mucle as lean mucle so that people will remember that it is lean and the better of the two tissues(mucle vs. fat) to concentrate when loosing weight.
ReplyMuscled Trainer, I am so glad you brought up this topic. It was suggested to me that I start a weight training program to help speed up my metabolism. It seems to be working. But best of all it is actually a little easier than my aerobics routine. Anyone out there that is a woman like me, don't be intimidated by using weights. I bought a Danskin weighted ball for around $6 at Wal Mart, and it came with a DVD workout. It turned out that it was nothing like men weightlifting.
ReplyO., I realize that, but muscle is not 'lean', is it? Lean means thin, whether with or without muscle. I hate this kind of advertising language, and in particular the fashionable word 'lean' in connection with diets.
ReplyActually muscle is lean - you have a Lean Body Mass and a Fat Body Mass. There's a calculation to figure out the pounds of each by using your body fat %. Lean does not mean thin. There are a lot of skinny fat people out there that don't have enough 'lean' muscle.
ReplyStrength training is a must! While diet is extremely important, many people (particularly women) tend to think strength training is not necessary. Many of my female clients comment they are "scared" to put on muscle for fear of "bulking" up. It takes a LOT of training and proper nutrition to get bulky, and women don't have enough testosterone to fear this outcome, anyhow. A little bit of lean muscle can go a long way to increase metabolism - so thanks for sharing with everyone. I think this topic still continues to be one that is misunderstood.
ReplyThanks for the information. It's great!
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