Marc David
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Beginning-Bodybuilding e-Newsletter
What Every Beginning Should Know But Probably Doesn't
February 2, 2006
Brought to you by Marc David of
http://www.beginning-bodybuilding.com
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Beginning Bodybuilding Q & A
with Marc David
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A PERSONAL NOTE FROM MARC
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Just a quick note to let you know I've received quite a few
piece of advice, ideas, shortcuts and mistakes to avoid from
readers. There's some fantastic stuff in here. I'm pretty
excited about putting this together for a Fitness Wisdom 2006
PDF that you'll be able to download just for being on this list.
If you didn't see that message, you can read all about it here:
http://www.audioacrobat.com/note/CqYfbCgQ/
Remember, the deadline to give me anything you've got is
February 26, 2006. I'll get it out as quickly as possible and
announce it here.
Now let's move onto the regular question and answer! :-)
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Question:
Marc,
I am helping a friend incorporate weight training into her
fitness routine because all she has done is cardio. She does
not seem to understand that weight training builds muscle.
Although the scale is not showing she is losing weight, her
clothes are looser. Do you have any advise? Do you agree that
weight training along with cardio is an effective way of weight
loss?
Thanks,
Debbie
Answer:
In the next 2 minutes you are going to learn...
Why women who ONLY do cardio will never achieve the results
their weight training and cardio using counter-parts will. This
is a BOLD statement that's sure to aggravate a few people but
I'm not going to make that without giving you the full story.
Unfortunately this myth won't die! And even with previous
articles on this subject the question still comes up in various
forms.
Maybe I should have entitled this article something like "Your
Scale is a Big Fat Liar!" There are several points in your
question Taking them one by one in a point by point fashion
might be best. Let's take that approach.
1- Women who only do cardio...
Are missing out on building muscle. Now I'm not talking about
big man like muscles but just simply maintaining and building
muscle. While it's true that cardio does involve muscles, it's
not designed to "build" per se. Most women look at images of
'fit' females who are not only in shape but have a nice feminine
muscle quality about them. They want to achieve this by doing
cardio but completely forgetting the model in question probably
does a fair amount of weight training as well. You know what I
mean don't you?
2- Women who have more muscle burn more fat...
That's right. You read that correctly. The more muscle you
have, the higher your metabolic rate and the higher your
metabolic rate the more fat you can burn. As I sit here
(arrogantly as I'm sure some may think while reading this) I'm
burning more fat then the person in the hallway across from me.
Neither of us are moving mind you. But I have much more muscle
mass. Muscle burns more calories per hour then fat.
All this means to you is...
A female who does cardio and weight trains to build up some
muscle (while keeping her goals in mind) will burn more fat then
a female who only does cardio and does not use muscle to their
advantage. I'm not advocating females build up slabs of
Olympian style muscle! I'm just confirming the fact that a
woman who has more muscle then a woman that does not will burn
more calories per hour and will burn more fat.
3- Your scale is a liar...
This one's really cool! All weight is not created equal. Is
the weight water, fat or muscle? People who get caught up in
weight are bound to lose the battle of getting fit. If you
weight 150 lbs and you lose 20 lbs in a year everybody would
give you congratulations. Maybe some would throw a party.
Until you told them you lost 25 lbs of muscle.
Now people think you are ill and wonder if you are okay.
Weight is a poor indicator of progress. You can lose fat around
the midsection, your clothes will feel and fit looser and you
might actually weight more because you are building muscle and
burning fat. This is cause for celebration. Maybe going down a
size or two but gaining 10 lbs should be cause for a party.
You see, the scale is an okay way to measure blanket progress
but if you really want to know how you are doing, you should
take pictures, take body fat measurements and do visual
inspections. If you lose muscle (weight) that is no cause for
celebration.
Far too many people use their scale as an indicator of progress
when in fact they have no idea if it's fat, water or muscle they
are losing.
4- Weight training with cardio is the ULTIMATE too for success
Picture yourself 5 years from now.
Would you rather:
Option 1) Be the correct weight but just rail thin with no
curves. Low body fat but just bones and minimal muscle?
Option 2) Be the correct weight but be shapely, nice muscle
tone and with a definite 6 pack of abs. Radiant and healthy?
If you picked Option 2, you win the prize! And getting to
Option 2 is as simple as building muscle to increase your
metabolic rate and using cardio as a fat burning tool.
And now you realize that women who only do cardio, think that
they will get bulky by weight training, are worried about what
the scale says over actual results, and only use cardio will not
achieve the results they probably want.
By just having some muscle with weight training, you will burn
more calories sleeping then before! In fact, truth be told,
you'll burn more calories and burn more fat doing everything.
You will learn the nutrition, training and supplement
fundamentals necessary to achieve any look you want in the
Beginner's Guide to Fitness and Bodybuilding. Regardless of if
you are male or female, your goals can be achieved by using
healthy and sound principles of fitness. No diets and gimmicks
here!
http://www.beginning-bodybuilding.com
Thanks very much!
Best regards,
Marc David
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