By Todd A Brown
When most people think of losing weight, they think that starving themselves and doing excessive amounts of cardio is the answer. While some of this is true, most of it is not. Losing weight is one of the most popular fitness goals in America due to a lack of exercise and improper nutrition which leads to poor health and weight gain. Nutrition is about 75% of the process when it comes to achieving your fitness goal.
Whether it is losing weight or gaining weight, so this is obviously something that people need to spend more time dialing in to make sure that they stack on track, but we'll save that for a different article.
Working out we'll say is the other 25%, it doesn't mean that you should just do a bunch of slow-paced, long duration cardiovascular exercise and assume that will do the trick. It's important to have a good program in place- preferably from an experienced, certified personal trainer- to make sure that you get the best results possible. People neglect weight training when trying to lose weight for many reasons. The most popular reason is because the weight room is intimidating and nobody wants to look like a fool amongst people they perceive as expert; regardless if they are actually experts or not.
A popular reason amongst women is for fear of looking "too bulky". EATING AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF CALORIES MAKES YOU BULKY, NOT WEIGHT LIFTING!!!! It takes many years of hard work to put on the amount of muscle that makes you look "bulky".
Muscle burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle you have, the higher your metabolism is and therefore, the easier it is to lose fat.
Typically when people start lifting weights for the first time, they can gain a lot of muscle because it is a new stimulus for the body which in turn can seem to "slow down" your weight loss. But here's the cool thing, even though the scale may not be moving when you first start lifting weight, it's because you might be building a little muscle and burning a little fat! The measurement that will determine if this is this case is your body fat percentage measurement. Regardless of what the scale says, you always want your body fat percent to go down. Another way to see if you're losing fat is your circumference measurements.
Usually if your waist measurement goes down, that's a very good thing! When people neglect lifting weights, their metabolism might increase a little bit but it's short-lived and they're not building muscle so there's a good chance of losing lean body weight which leads to a decrease in metabolism.
At this point, you're a hamster in a wheel, working hard but going nowhere! In my weight loss programs, I always have my clients work with weights!
If you would like to learn more about getting a personalized weight loss program, visit http://www.fitbodytoddyfitness.com and Contact Todd to get started!
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When most people think of losing weight, they think that starving themselves and doing excessive amounts of cardio is the answer. While some of this is true, most of it is not. Losing weight is one of the most popular fitness goals in America due to a lack of exercise and improper nutrition which leads to poor health and weight gain. Nutrition is about 75% of the process when it comes to achieving your fitness goal.
Whether it is losing weight or gaining weight, so this is obviously something that people need to spend more time dialing in to make sure that they stack on track, but we'll save that for a different article.
Working out we'll say is the other 25%, it doesn't mean that you should just do a bunch of slow-paced, long duration cardiovascular exercise and assume that will do the trick. It's important to have a good program in place- preferably from an experienced, certified personal trainer- to make sure that you get the best results possible. People neglect weight training when trying to lose weight for many reasons. The most popular reason is because the weight room is intimidating and nobody wants to look like a fool amongst people they perceive as expert; regardless if they are actually experts or not.
A popular reason amongst women is for fear of looking "too bulky". EATING AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF CALORIES MAKES YOU BULKY, NOT WEIGHT LIFTING!!!! It takes many years of hard work to put on the amount of muscle that makes you look "bulky".
Muscle burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle you have, the higher your metabolism is and therefore, the easier it is to lose fat.
Typically when people start lifting weights for the first time, they can gain a lot of muscle because it is a new stimulus for the body which in turn can seem to "slow down" your weight loss. But here's the cool thing, even though the scale may not be moving when you first start lifting weight, it's because you might be building a little muscle and burning a little fat! The measurement that will determine if this is this case is your body fat percentage measurement. Regardless of what the scale says, you always want your body fat percent to go down. Another way to see if you're losing fat is your circumference measurements.
Usually if your waist measurement goes down, that's a very good thing! When people neglect lifting weights, their metabolism might increase a little bit but it's short-lived and they're not building muscle so there's a good chance of losing lean body weight which leads to a decrease in metabolism.
At this point, you're a hamster in a wheel, working hard but going nowhere! In my weight loss programs, I always have my clients work with weights!
If you would like to learn more about getting a personalized weight loss program, visit http://www.fitbodytoddyfitness.com and Contact Todd to get started!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Todd_A_Brown
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