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).

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Support has many faces

Time for Change Fitness wants to help you help others!

Getting the support of your friends, and especially your family, can be crucial when attempting to reach any kind of fitness goal, especially a weight loss program. It is important to feel as if you are not alone in the struggle. Your family can encourage you when they see you reaching for a cookie instead of an apple. Your wife can make sure there are lots of high-protein, low-fat snacks available for you to take to lunch. Compromise can be reached when deciding where to go for an evening out.

Friends can offer other kinds of support. Dieting and exercising together can create a common bond, strengthening a friendship. Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom suggests on her Health Journal website that finding someone who can help you stay motivated is essential when you get discouraged. "Support from a diet buddy is key to long-term success," she says.

Social support can aid in weight loss.

Social support benefits the dieter on several levels. The first is a psychological level. John Sheridan, a professor of oral biology and molecular virology/immunology at Ohio State University, says that socially isolated people are hit harder by illness than people with an active social life, and that those who are alone more even get sick more often and have more trouble recovering. It's hard to stick with an exercise program when you're in bed.

In addition to psychological benefits, in an article in the July 31, 1998, issue of Ohio State University's Research News, Sheridan points out that emotional support can actually affect us on a cellular level, increasing our body's ability to withstand stress. And everyone knows how stressful dieting can be.

Sometimes, support means helping a friend or family member find the resources need to reach their goals, including financial assistance.

Time for Change Fitness is a perfect resource to talk about with a friend or family member. Helping people reach their goals is the purpose of this blog. If it's helping you, share it. So tell someone about the Time for Change Fitness blog, or go a step further and encourage a friend or family member to train with you at Time for Change Fitness.

Let's support our friends and family together!

Time for Change Fitness

Trainer/Nutrition Coach - Michael Holland

Phone - 310.630.7606

Email - hollandfitness@gmail.com




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