Muscle up to a new body composition! What makes one persons metabolism faster than another? Individuals with a higher percentage of muscle burn more calories than those with a high percentage of body fat. Adding a well designed progressive strength training program to your workouts will increase your body's lean muscle tissue, which will subsequently increase your metabolism!
SEE A PROFESSIONAL FITNESS TRAINER FOR MORE INFO! Eating before your workout does matter! You don’t want to have a full stomach, but you do not want to get hungry during your workout either. Eating a light meal may increase your fat burning potential!! Have a piece of fruit (it has fructose for fast energy), or a sports beverage or fruit juice prior to working out.
Eat enough to fuel your body! Drastically cutting back calories sends your body into starvation mode and slows down your metabolism. Over time, dieting robs the body and muscle of nutrients. The proper combination of protein, carbohydrate, and fat will fuel your body, satisfy your hunger, and enable your body to burn fat without starving it! Eat and eat right!!
Coordinate your meals with your workouts! Since both eating and exercising speed up your metabolic rate, planning meals close to workouts will make your metabolic rate even higher!
Step off the scale and into the Professional Fitness office! Your body weight is not the best indication of your fitness level, the effort you give, or the best indicator of your progress. Your percentage of lean body mass versus fat tissue is the best way to measure continually whether or not your body is responding correctly to your program.
SEE A PROFESSIONAL FITNESS TRAINER TO EVALUATE YOUR CURRENT FITNESS LEVEL.
