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Do you know what the average woman's number one fitness problem is? The answer is not what you may expect. It is a loss of muscle tissue. Muscle you say "I don't want large muscles I want smaller muscles". But the truth of the matter is muscle tissue is your very best friend and you do not have to worry about them becoming large and man like. That simply is not going to happen...not quickly...not easily...not ever! Your muscle tissue is very active and makes high calorie demands even when resting. If you are losing your muscle tissue which is what happens when you are not doing enough muscle building and maintaining activity you will be burning less calories. This can result in a gain in excess body fat from the unused fuel (calories). As you become overweight you think you have a body fat problem but what you really have is a problem of not enough fat burning muscle tissue. Your body composition (muscle/fat ratio) has been negatively affected by the loss of muscle which is the reason why you have increased body fat. This decline in the metabolic rate (the rate the body burns fuel) exactly parallels the loss of muscle tissue that the average women experiences each year unless she is taking steps to look after her muscle tissue by using it regularly. This same average woman increases her bodyweight to around 176 pounds by the time she reaches 50 years old which is a gain of 50 odd pounds of bodyweight since age 20. To be more specific her muscle tissue has decreased by 15 pounds and the increased weight is all body fat taking her body fat percentage from 23 percent up to between 40-50 percent - a massive increase. Fortunately, something can be done to combat and conquer this loss of muscle and gain of fat regardless of age. The solution doesn't have to take years either. If a strength training program is implemented and done correctly it can be accomplished in six months or less. Seek the help of a fitness professional to set it up properly for you. Strength training exercise can help both men and women stay slim and lean by protecting and maintaining muscle tissue to keep the metabolism raised as the years pass by. Don't think you will get these benefits from 'cardio' type activity as you won't. Activities like walking, jogging or cycling only burn calories while you are doing them but strength training exercise can keep your metabolism raised permanently from the increased toned muscle tissue. It can do this by around 15 percent which is enough to keep you slim. You will not even notice the extra little bit of toned muscle tissue except you will be firmer and eventually much smaller. Focus on getting rid of the fat rather than focusing on worrying about getting big muscles. Your loss of muscle tissue is a greater problem and this needs to be recovered if you ever wish to get slim again Before long your fat burning will be accelerated and be burning into that excess body fat. As your fat burning machinery gets a tune up it will be working away behind the scenes to restore the strong, slim youthful body you thought you had lost forever.
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