Female Fat Loss over 40
May 11, 2010
Hey Everybody,
Here is a guest blog post from my good friend Shawna, I told you about her last week. She is the author of the program “Female Fat Loss over 40″. A couple of days ago I did a post for you that had me interviewing Shawna. If you missed it you can watch it here!
Anyway I asked her if she wouldn’t mind writing a blog post on how important it is to for women to build muscle and all of the fat burning advantages that come with muscle.
Why Women Need Muscle Mass
By Shawna Kaminski
Hi, I’m Shawna Kaminski, author of Female Fat Loss Over Forty. I’m an expert on fitness and fat loss specifically for women in their 40’s. A common misconception with my clients is that they don’t understand the necessity of resistance training to maintain and build lean muscle mass. Many think that resistance training is only for young men trying to impress the chicks at the beach.
Building lean muscle mass is the key to maintaining a feminine physique and looking better than ever. That’s right, it’s MORE IMPORTANT than doing ‘cardio’! Here’s why:
1. Muscle Builds Metabolism
Muscle is metabolically active tissue. If you have more muscle, you will burn more calories, even as you sleep. The only way to elevate your resting metabolic rate is to build muscle mass. Any sort of resistance training, including body weight exercises, can accomplish this goal.
2. More Muscle Means a Lean, Sexy Body
Muscle puts curves in the right places. You simply cannot attain the body of your dreams by doing only ‘cardio’. Cardiovascular training is important and promotes cardiovascular health. Resistance training helps promote lean muscle mass. The ideal program will include both elements.
3. Muscle Equals Strength and Function
Muscle will keep you mobile as you age. To be active, healthy, and on-the-go later in life requires building a foundation of muscle now. Whether it’s raking the yard, lugging groceries, or piggy-backing grandchildren, muscle is the motor which moves your body and enables you to live life fully. Getting strong and fit now will allow you to stay that way later in life. It’s quality- of-life insurance!
4. Muscle Builds Quality of Life
Watching from the sidelines is OK, but being active is the most fun. Building muscle allows you to ‘keep up with the kids’ and enjoy life, not just watch life pass you by.
5. Muscle is Your Licence to Eat
Muscle mass is essential in lowering and keeping body fat levels down. Maintaining muscle mass requires calories. It follows that adding muscle burns more calories, increasing your metabolic rate. It’s generally accepted that as we age, we gain weight. What’s really happening is inactivity results in lost muscle tissue, which begins a downward spiral. Even if the weight scale reads the same, our body shape changes drastically. As muscle mass declines, body fat climbs. Your metabolism slows, so you get fatter, eating the same calories as before. But this trend doesn’t have to happen. Get training, build some muscle, and stay young, fit, and lean!
So there you have it! I have been saying it all along, but now you have heard it from a female over 40 (but just barely and doesn’t look it at all).
Here is were you can get Shawna’s program. <— click here —>and check it out! It is an awesome comprehensive program and it is the next best thing for females, over 35 really , to coming in here and training with me at Fit-Werks
So if time, finances, or distance keeps you away from Fit-Werks, I would get this program. It truly does rock!
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