Metabolism myths debunked for women and men

Today I was reading in subway a newspaper and it was article about metabolism. They gave a lot of wrong information as usual. So let me explain you couple of things. Many of my clients come to me and tell me how they have a slow metabolism. I ask them could you explain me what is a metabolism? They do not know what it is but they assume they have slow one. They probably were reading some articles and they decided to have a slow metabolism.

Many people think that because they got older, they metabolism slowed down with age.
The reason why metabolism slowed down is because of inactivity. You work 10 hours a day, you mostly sit in the office, and eat fast whatever because you have no time to go and eat something healthy.
When you are not active, you lose muscle mass. That's why it is very important to keep muscle up and continue with your weight training. You will prevent weight gain.

Adding a pound of lean muscle mass will allow you to burn 50 additional calories a day. A pound of fat burns nothing. If you build 10 pounds of muscle you will burn 500 extra calories a day. Multiply this by 365 days in a year and divide by 3,500 (the number of calories in one pound). The result indicates that with this added muscle you will lose an extra 52 pounds in just one year.

To build 10 lbs of muscle is not a big deal. If you know how to do weight training right and eat right, you can gain 10 lbs without a big effort.

Conclusion: To increase your metabolism, you will need to add lean muscle mass. In order to add some lean muscle you will need to do weight training. Unfortunately there is no way to avoid going to the gym.

Starting in their mid 30s, women tend to lose about 1/3-1/2 pound of muscle each year while gaining 1/3 pound of fat.
With the exercise you can prevent muscle loss and all of the fat gain.

For guys unfortunately muscle tissue loss starts early, from age 25 through to 50 years stealing a 1/5 of a pound of muscle a year.
If guys start losing muscle early, the muscle loss will cause them to age early. We do not want that happen!
Lost of muscle mass is seriously linked to declines in the immune system and the onset of heart disease and diabetes.
With lost of muscle mass you will get weaker bones, stiffer joints, and slumping postures.
But there is a hope. Did you know that in as little at 12 weeks and with exercise and weight training you can recover 75% of lost muscle tissue and 40% of lost muscle strength. Now guys you know the facts. It is up to you to rebuild your muscle size. Gym is waiting for you.
Now you know the facts, nobody can trick you anymore. Nobody can sell you useless diets, fat burner pills and weight loss secrets. Now you know what to do.