“Beef Up”

How important is it to build muscle?  How many women are concerned about getting big bulky muscles and are afraid to weight train.  Well, there is more than one means to build strength and most women are not capable of building gigantic muscles, so no need to fear.  You should be more afraid of not strength training!  Why, you ask? Here is some great info taken from Metagenics, a well established vitamin company.  “Muscle is the body’s biologically active tissue, and needs far greater amount of calorie fuel to maintain itself compared to body fat.  Therefore, a high ratio of muscle to fat increases your metabolism, meaning you burn more calories each day!”  Tune in next week for more info.