Ladies....................Lift Your Way to a Healthy Metabolism   

Resistance training is essential in creating a healthy lifestyle.  It doesn't matter your age, gender, current activity level, or sport of choice.  It is a key factor in keeping your hormones in balance.

Having your hormones in balance creates a healthy metabolism which makes it easy to lose body fat and difficult to store it.

Here are 4 key resistance training tips in creating a healthy metabolism.

#1 -

Keep training sessions at an hour, including warm up and cooldown. This will create a anabolic response (muscle building), as opposed to a catabolic response (muscle breakdown).

#2 -

Do Total Body Resistance training workouts at least 2 days a week.  For greater efficiency and a higher metabolic response, forget about traditional body part training splits (i.e., chest & back, shoulders & arms, legs & core, etc.). Do two days per week (on non-consecutive days) of total body resistance training sessions. Use a paired set of noncompeting muscle groups or circuit training approach. Our Fusion workout is the optimum program …in the least amount of time.

#3 -

Know what to expect when you begin a resistance training program.  Ladies, when you start lifting weights, your body responds by storing more sugar as glycogen in your muscles, which also means that more water will be stored in there as well. As a result, this initial increase in glycogen storage can potentially lead to a "temporary" increase in muscular size and even weight gain. Don't panic, it's not an actual increase in muscle tissue. If you continue to train hard and stay well hydrated, your body will adjust, and it won't store excessive amounts of carbohydrates. The bloating will subside.

#4 -

Go heavy!  Heavy weight training elevates testosterone levels and helps regain the muscle mass that many people have lost over the years. Testosterone is not only essential for building lean muscle, but is also promotes the repair and growth of other tissues such as bone.

With female testosterone levels already up to ten times lower than males, women have a much harder time building muscle and losing fat. Improper diet and exercise habits (i.e., low protein intake, excessive cardio and low intensity weight training) spell disaster for body composition. Thus, it's important to try to boost testosterone levels, naturally, especially for the ladies.

 If you want permanent fat loss, you need to understand that creating a healthy metabolism is essential.  A great way to do this is with the most effective resistance training program!