Working out is a great way to slim down and to build healthy muscle at the same time. When you push yourself beyond your normal level of physical work, you tear muscle mass, and over the next few days it repairs itself and your muscle strengthens and grows. It doesnt matter if youre pumping iron or running on the treadmill, youll burn calories and burn fat as well.
Of course, there are differences in what types of workouts you choose to do, as you stress different muscles in differing ways with each activity. But dont fear, youll be burning those extra calories no matter what, so long as you push yourself. Calories are the enemy, and so long as youre burning more calories than you consume each day, youll begin to notice a great deal of change in the weeks to come.
If you are doing cardiovascular activities, your heart pumps faster which in turn, causes you to burn even more calories. Jogging, swimming, biking, and running are all great examples of cardio exercises. Your oxygen capacity is also boosted when you do cardio, which allows you to be active for a longer period of time without causing as much stress on your heart and lungs.
Weight lifting, or strength training exercises, allow your muscles to tear so that they heal and grow later, by lifting weights. Strength training is one of the most popular forms of exercising and working out. You can make your body look toned and better looking, while also being able to burn a lot of calories.
Body resistance training is a fantastic and cheap form of strength training. When you're doing this, you are only using your body's weight as resistance, nothing else (like weights or resistance bands). Push ups are the prime example, as well as sit-ups and jumping jacks.
Strength training exercises are fantastic because they help to burn fat quickly. You may be worried because muscle weighs more than fat and you don't want to weigh more. But strength training helps to build lean muscle tissue, which burns away fat quickly, and helping you to look tone.
New Year's eve or 4th of July and everywhere in between are all good times to start losing weight. You will feel better about yourself as well as have way more energy than you ever did before. Like the Nike commercial says, Just Do It!
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