Weight Loss For Women Weight Training

Weight Training Myth

Well here's a fact - the main hormone for increasing muscle mass when weight training is Testosterone, now this hormone is obviously in both men and women and it is this that creates the big muscles through weight training, however women only have about 7% of testosterone their male counterpart has, this means you can go to the gym or do your own home workouts and do the same training as the men but you will only ever make 7% of the muscle mass gains as the men. Because of this genetic make up no matter how hard you train you will not end up like Mr Universe.

Weight training will help you lose weight quicker than cardiovascular and aerobic workouts with the added benefits of increased strength, firmer and more toned muscles, stronger bone density and increased flexibility.

Women body builders who get very muscular use Anabolic Steroids (synthetic testosterone) plus other drugs to get that high degree of muscle mass definition.

Weight Training Increases Chest Size

Unfortunately weight training will not improve chest size, due to the fact that women's breasts are mainly fatty tissue and it is a physical impossibility for fat to turn into muscle, therefore weight training will not give you bigger breasts as weight training loses fat, if you go below 12% body fat your breast size will however decrease, weight training does however increase your back size, so when measuring this increased size probably gets mixed up with cup size.

Weight Training Makes You Stiff and Muscle Bound

We have already established the fact that as a woman your testosterone levels are only 7% that of a man so you are not going to generate lots of muscle mass, therefore we are not going to become muscle-bound.

Regarding making you stiff, the trick is, whatever exercise you are doing you need to take it through its full range of movement, for example, exercise like flyers, dead lifts, chin ups and presses stretch the muscle in its bottom range of movement, so by performing the exercises properly through their full range of movement your stretching abilities will be increased.

If You Stop Your Muscles Will Turn to Fat

This is like turning gold into silver. It is a physical impossibility for muscle tissue to turn into fat as they are two completely different types of tissue.

What happens is when you stop training completely you start to lose muscle through the lack of activity (as the old saying goes "use it or lose it") ideally when you get your ideal body rather than stop you should train at least once a week and do an overall body workout, this will put you in maintenance mode, stick to your good eating habits and this one workout a week will keep you in shape.

If you fall back into your old eating habits coupled with a slower metabolism due to inactivity it will make it look like your muscle is turning into fat, but actually you are losing muscle and gaining fat.

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14 Day Weight Loss Jumpstart For Women Over 50

After a woman reaches the age of 50 hormonal changes start to shift the way fat is deposited in her body. This leads to increased belly fat and can leave a woman at higher risk for health problems such as heart disease and diabetes. To get control of your weight after the age of 50 follow this 14 day weight loss jumpstart.

3 step strategy to jumpstart weight loss in women over the age of 50:

1. Start with a Booster Meal. If you have been reducing your calorie intake for a period of time it is likely that your body has decreased its supply of fat burning hormones. The key fat burning hormone in your body is Leptin and when you stick to a strict diet this hormone can decrease as much as 50% taking your fat-burning potential down with it.

To boost leptin levels you want to boost your calorie intake, and in particular your carbohydrate intake. This might sound a bit odd, but the reality is that your body needs to know that you are not heading toward starvation in order to activate secretion of fat-burning hormones. Therefore, one day of eating a high carb diet will reset your hormone level and reset your body's ability to burn fat..

Take today and eat a high carb meal and do not be afraid to eat your favorite foods, including pizza, pasta, ice cream, and baked goods.

2. Reverse Taper your carbohydrates for the rest of the week. The key to successfully jumpstarting your weight loss is to keep your fat burning hormones working for you. Reverse tapering your carb intake allows you to get the full fat burning that comes with a lower carb diet, without diminishing your fat burning hormones.

To do this you want to take the two days after your Booster Meal and eat a diet that contains no more than 50 grams of carbs. Then, beginning on day three you want to add approximately 10 to 20 carbohydrate grams per day until your second Booster Meal at the beginning of week two.

3. Exercise to boost fat burning. Exercise will make your 14 day jumpstart more effective, but only if you exercise in a way that complements your diet. The day after your Booster Meal will be your most physically demanding workout of the week. For this workout you want to use resistance exercises, which could include lifting weights, performing bodyweight exercises, or doing yoga.

After that first day your exercise focus will shift to aerobic exercise. Aim for 30 minutes of light to moderate aerobic exercise each day that remains in the week. Then repeat this schedule for week two.

This 14 day weight loss jumpstart that begins with a Booster Meal will reset your fat burning hormones and allow your body to burn fat at a higher level. By adding reverse tapering and the right exercise you will keep your fat burning high and lose weight more rapidly.

Women over 50 are very interested in weight loss and staying youthful and fit. Do you ever wonder how your goals match up with others?

Read the goals of other women over 50 and see how your goals stack up to theirs. I guarantee their inspiring stories will give you the motivation to reach your goal!

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