Don't Fall for The Myth of Gaining Muscle to Burn Body Fat
Adding More Muscle Isn't the Quickest Way to Your Fat Loss Goals! I am sick and tired of hearing trainers tell their clients that they need to gain muscle to lose fat quickly. If this was t...

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Don't Fall for The Myth of Gaining Muscle to Burn Body Fat

Adding More Muscle Isn't the Quickest Way to Your Fat Loss Goals!

I am sick and tired of hearing trainers tell their clients that they need to gain muscle to lose fat quickly. If this was the case, wouldn't all of the big guys be much leaner? In most instances it is the guys with a regular amount of muscle that are the leanest guys in the gym.

Gaining Muscle is a Slow and Ineffective Way to Burn Body Fat

The math simply doesn't work out...you burn an extra 12 calories per day for each pound of lean muscle that you gain. Let's say you gained 10 pounds of pure muscle (which would mean that you probably had to gain 10 pounds of weight). You would burn an extra 120 calories each day from that 10 pound muscle gain.

Burn Body Fat 10 Times Quicker With Diet and Cardio

You could reduce your caloric intake by 600 calories per day and burn another 600 calories with proper cardio. That would create a deficit of 1,200 calories. This will help you reach your fat burning goals much quicker than by just burning 120 calories.

Too Much Muscle Can Ruin the Look of Your Physique

When women or polled they always say that too much muscle is not attractive. They are attracted to guys with regular physiques, but with exceptional muscle tone. Women with too much muscle look manly...and that is not a look to shoot for. The ideal look for a woman would be similar to a model in Shape Magazine. Guys are better off with physiques similar to Hollywood sex symbols, not Bodybuilders.

Gaining muscle for the sake of burning body fat is just plain backwards. Get lean quickly by sticking to cardio and lowering your calories!

Don't Fall for The Myth of Gaining Muscle to Burn Body Fat
Adding More Muscle Isn't the Quickest Way to Your Fat Loss Goals! I am sick and tired of hearing trainers tell their clients that they need to gain muscle to lose fat quickly. If this was t...