Want to know the real way to lose weight, AND KEEP IT OFF? Yes, we need to eat more of the right things and less of the wrong. And yes, we need to exercise regularly. But do you know the correct kind of exercise to be doing?
When they want to begin exercising and losing weight, *most* people start doing cardio. Walking, jogging, riding a stationary bike, etc. And while the cardio work certainly is important – we need to have well conditioned hearts – the real key to losing weight and keeping it off, is resistance training. aka: weight lifting. Resistance bearing exercise is the most important link in the weight loss chain.
The reason why is very simple; its muscle that burns calories. Thus, the more muscle mass you have the more efficient your body is at burning energy. Remember this:
When they want to begin exercising and losing weight, *most* people start doing cardio. Walking, jogging, riding a stationary bike, etc. And while the cardio work certainly is important – we need to have well conditioned hearts – the real key to losing weight and keeping it off, is resistance training. aka: weight lifting. Resistance bearing exercise is the most important link in the weight loss chain.
The reason why is very simple; its muscle that burns calories. Thus, the more muscle mass you have the more efficient your body is at burning energy. Remember this:
YOUR MUSCLE IS YOUR METABOLISM
Here’s a simple biology class on how this works. At rest, a pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories per day. Got it? Ok. Once we reach the 'middle-aged' years the body begins losing muscle mass. Through atrophy, dehydration, etc. You literally have less muscle now than you did when you were 23. (Tell me about it, right?)
Beginning around age 35 we can lose 1 lb. of muscle mass per year. It just goes away. So let’s do some math. Say you’re around 50 now and it’s been 10 years since you lifted weights on a regular basis. Since we lose a pound a year, and it’s been 10 years – that's 10 lbs. of lost muscle. If a pound of muscle burns 50 calories a day, and you’ve lost 10 lbs. of muscle – you have lost the ability to burn 500 calories PER DAY. Simply because you no longer have the muscle mass with which to burn it. Following this?
Here’s the problem. We now are no longer able to burn 500 calories each day, however, our consumption habits do not take this fact into account! That is, we eat just as much as we always have. And that’s the reason why – as we get older, it gets harder & harder to drop 15 lbs. BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T MAINTAIN YOUR MUSCLE MASS.
So the key – for everyone, including you ladies, is to get on a consistent resistance training program asap!
Beginning around age 35 we can lose 1 lb. of muscle mass per year. It just goes away. So let’s do some math. Say you’re around 50 now and it’s been 10 years since you lifted weights on a regular basis. Since we lose a pound a year, and it’s been 10 years – that's 10 lbs. of lost muscle. If a pound of muscle burns 50 calories a day, and you’ve lost 10 lbs. of muscle – you have lost the ability to burn 500 calories PER DAY. Simply because you no longer have the muscle mass with which to burn it. Following this?
Here’s the problem. We now are no longer able to burn 500 calories each day, however, our consumption habits do not take this fact into account! That is, we eat just as much as we always have. And that’s the reason why – as we get older, it gets harder & harder to drop 15 lbs. BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T MAINTAIN YOUR MUSCLE MASS.
So the key – for everyone, including you ladies, is to get on a consistent resistance training program asap!
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