| Many people who are overweight worry about | | | | We have a new understanding of the impact on |
| numbers on a bathroom scale, body mass index or | | | | proper exercise and its positive affect on the muscular |
| some height/weight chart. They really should be more | | | | system of the human body. This understanding places |
| concerned about their need to improve their metabolic | | | | less importance on calories burnt during an exercise |
| fitness as this is the key to living a healthier lifestyle. | | | | session and more on what happens long after the |
| Even if you are overweight you can get yourself | | | | exercise session is over. Only by working the muscles |
| healthier. | | | | through their ranges of movement under a load can |
| 'Health at any size' is having metabolic fitness which | | | | we boost metabolism so it processes our food better |
| refers to the ability of the body to burn fuel (food | | | | and burns it up for energy rather than parking it on our |
| calories) for energy rather than storing them as | | | | bellies where is becomes a major threat to health. |
| excess body fat. When you are metabolically fit you | | | | We need to put aside the old fashioned notion that all |
| will be burning fat even when you are resting as well | | | | we need to do is long slow endurance activities like |
| as during exercise and activity as your body's engine is | | | | walking, jogging or cycling as these things do not |
| finely tuned and running properly. | | | | stimulate the metabolic rate to any degree after the |
| Focusing on weight loss alone as the weight loss | | | | session is over. Only strength building and maintaining |
| industry would have everyone do, so we can continue | | | | exercise can do this and to lose weight successfully |
| to shell out billions of dollars each year seems | | | | for the long term the metabolic rate must be |
| counterproductive. It can be quite hazardous to health | | | | increased. |
| to continually battle weight problems by going about it | | | | Fat burning hormones can only be stimulated with |
| the wrong way. Despite our continuing efforts to lose | | | | direct muscular activity such as when we target them |
| weight, waistlines are getting bigger, not smaller. It | | | | with proper exercise. It is these hormones that |
| seems that whatever is lost is gained back, and then | | | | determine where, when and how the food/calories we |
| some. | | | | eat are utilized. More long slow activity or restrictive |
| Chronic fluctuations and yo-yoing of body weight can | | | | food diets and the very last things that will get us a fat |
| not only be physically harming it can be damaging to | | | | burning healthy metabolism as they both work against |
| self-esteem and mental health as well. This situation | | | | the body not with it. |
| can increase risk of premature death primarily from | | | | If you have a weight problem try this new approach |
| heart disease yet it is believed that weight loss | | | | and get yourself healthy by getting started or |
| improves health. But this is not always the case. | | | | restarted on your strength training program at your |
| You could liken the weight loss industry trying to make | | | | local gym or fitness center. Having the help of a fitness |
| people thin like a runaway freight train when it would | | | | professional will accelerate your results. |
| be more sensible to focus on getting people strong, fit | | | | Boosting your fat burning rate with strong toned |
| and healthy as that is the long term solution to losing | | | | muscles is the easiest and most healthy way to lose |
| weight. This new approach needs to gain momentum | | | | excess weight. When you have healthy muscles you |
| and more emphasis be placed on a healthy | | | | have a higher level of 'metabolic fitness' and it is only a |
| metabolism and balanced hormones and less | | | | matter of time that your lean, slim and trim body will |
| emphasis on body weight. | | | | reveal itself. |