Why Weight Training

Why does Time for Change Fitness promote resistance training?

Many people focus on calories alone. The slash and dash mentality develops destructive patterns, like extreme calorie cuts and/or excessive aerobics. This sets off an alarm-state in the body where the body sheds muscle tissue to lessen energy demands, and stores body fat as a survival response. Once this physiological state is reached, it becomes nearly impossible to lose any more weight no matter how many calories you cut or how much aerobic work you add. What you end up with is a person who is on a starvation level calorie count and performing excessive exercise, yet is still flabby.

The calories burned during an exercise session are relatively small compared to the amount burned during the other 23 hours of the day. Most fat oxidation occurs between training sessions, not during. This means your exercise sessions should primarily be geared towards building muscle and boosting your metabolism.

After a strength training session, the metabolic rate raises (the after-burn effect) for longer periods of time than after aerobic work (up to 48 hours). This is because all of the steps involved in the recovery process from strength training (satellite cell activation, tissue repair, protein synthesis, etc.) require energy (calories).

Sunday, February 13, 2011

3. Collard Greens

COLLARD GREENS

Collard greens top the leafy-greens list for their cholesterol-lowering power. Packed with vitamins A and C - as well as great doses of muscle-repairing folate - this is one green you should try.

HEALTH BENEFITS

Like their cabbage cousins, collard greens are known cancer fighters. They contain sulforaphane compounds, which help activate detoxifying enzymes in the liver that help neutralize potentially carcinogenic substances. For example, research has shown that people who consume the highest levels of folate have the lowest levels of colon cancer.

TRAINING BENEFITS

Along with a slew of health-promoting phytonutrients, collard greens are also rich in vitamins A and C and folate. Folate has been shown to aid in the production of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to muscle cells, and promote the repair of muscle tissues following exercise.
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