Muscles

Muscles - The Key to Success

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• Muscle is the health engine.
• Muscle creates strength.
• Muscle lowers blood pressure.
• Muscle lowers cholesterol.
• Muscle helps prevent osteoporosis.
• Muscle increases cardiovascular fitness.
• Muscle helps maintain your immune system.
• Muscle is what burns fat.

A common misconception is that only cardiovascular work burns calories and therefore fat. This is true only to the point that your muscles create the energy appetite and body fat is the chosen source of food of this programme. Therefore the more LEAN MUSCLE that you have the more calories that you burn whether on a bike, stepper, treadmill or rower. If you do not balance your workout with Resistance (muscle) work, Cardiovascular work and Flexibility you will have an unbalanced body and an unbalanced workout.

The aim is to make your energy expenditure as efficient as possible. It is not about working harder, it is about working smarter. The layer of fat under your skin is subcutaneous, BUT the majority of your body fat resides in your muscles (intra-muscular fat). This is like padding. The less fat that you have in your muscles the smaller the muscle becomes, but also the heavier the muscle gets. When the muscle is dense, solid and heavy it is also more efficient (hungry) and requires more energy to burn fat. The more your LEAN muscle mass increases the lower your body fat becomes.

Before you start worrying that you will end up looking like a body builder (Thor the Viking or Olga the shot putter) be assured that this will not happen unless you work with weights that are so heavy that you can only perform between 6 and 12 repetitions.

So, back to the M word, no, we're not talking down on one knee, till death us do part M word, I'm talking about MUSCLES, fabulous, strong, defined and most importantly SLEEK MUSCLES, little gorgeous power packs distributed about your physique like so many slimline engines.

For that, my dear friends, is just exactly what they are - engines, hungry, thirsty, fat burning engines. Contrary to popular belief, size isn't everything, density is! So if you have small lean muscles you'll be tighter, lighter and healthier, with much less fat than you had before and that is what we all want. Sounds simple? Just follow the Bodydoctor Fitness & Nutrition Programme and you can find out for yourself just how simple a transformation can be.