The Benefits Of Muscle

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With age, people's muscle tissue diminishes by about three or four pounds per decade. If a person is inactive, over the same ten years, he will score as many pounds of fat. The top way to avoid these unpleasant processes is regular workouts at home with an adjustable dumbbells set. Why? The fact is, a single pound of muscle burns 50 more calories per day than a pound of fat does.

At first notice, 50 calories does not sound like much. But think about it, when you gain five pounds of muscle mass, you'll consume 500 calories each day more than usual. Let us imagine a couple of men with the same body weight - eighty pounds. One does serious weight training while the other is an ordinary man, far away from sport and physical endeavor. With the weight trainer, twenty kg of his body weight is muscle. He can consequently burn a couple of thousand calories a day more than his inactive comrade. Muscles burn calories automatically. Also, an extra 500 calories burn out during training.

Many people believe that aerobic exercise develops all muscle groups. Nevertheless, if you look closely, most aerobic methods pay little or ...
... no attention to the upper body. In reality, 65-70% of your muscle is concentrated there. And considering that the typical man between the ages of 25 and 65 will progressively lose about 40% of his physical strength, bodybuilding, once more, is the best choice.

Another point favoring weight training - energy costs. American and Canadian scientists have determined that weight trainers burn nine times more fat than people who do cardio exercise. Although aerobic workouts take more energy, strength exercises provide a more stable and long lasting result. The burning of calories continues long after the workout is over (even while you sleep), which does not happen after cardio exercise.

The same thing applies for the delivery of oxygen to the body. The fact is that oxygen dissemination is directly associated with the intensity and duration of exercise. Heavy and high-intensity training provides the sportsperson an extended period of oxygen saturation. Furthermore, after such training, lipolytic activity dramatically increases fat-burning enzymes. Yet, after cardio classes, oddly enough, this activity slows down!

Scientists have yet more proof that weight training increases the capability of muscles to absorb blood glucose. Consequently, weight training is a good preventer of age-related changes that might bring about diabetes.

So, do you know how to build muscle to experience the health benefits that a sound muscle system will bring you?

Barry Richardson is a qualified Massage Therapist and appreciates the impotance of having a healthy muscle system. He recommends dumbbell exercises using an adjustable dumbbells set for your home gym workouts.