If she fails to do cardiovascular exercise and additionally has poor nutritional habits. Overtime her body may get bulky.
Cardio and good nutrition help stimulate fat burning and must be done in addition to lifting weights.
If both of these components are neglected, the bulkiness will become more evident because the existing fat surrounding the muscle will expand from the muscle being built underneath the fat tissue.
To avoid this, you must combine consistent cardio exercise and healthy eating to your program.
Let’s first clear up some of the misconceptions about strength training and the truth behind these myths.
This first myth is the “biggie” and it has prevented many women from strength training.
It sounds a little something like this; “I don’t want to lift weights because I don’t want to get bulky.”
Let’s explore that myth a little.
When you think of weight lifters, you probably think of body builder’s, right?
You think of the men and women on ESPN parading around in little swimsuits with big bulky muscles popping out all over the place.
There are three reasons for this:
1.These people are an extremely minute percentage of the population.
2.That is their livelihood and they spend 4 to 5 hours a day in the gym.
3.Most of them are using performance-enhancing drugs (steroids, etc.) to look like that.
So if you can get that image of the “bodybuilder” out of your head and think in terms of the average everyday person, you will see why the myth about getting bulky is just that, a myth!
What we’re going to talk about next is simple.
When you lift weights your body builds muscle.
The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn (even at rest).
The more calories you burn the less you weigh.
Let me give you an example of this that might make it a little easier to understand.
Let’s say two women are sitting on the couch watching some T.V.
Woman #1 strength-trains 3 times a week, but woman #2 does not.
After an hour of watching T.V goes by, who will have burned more calories?
The common answer to that would be that they both burned the same (almost nothing), since they were just sitting and not moving.
But the actual answer would be that woman #1 burned more calories, and I’ll tell you why for one simple reason.
THE MORE MUSCLE YOU HAVE THE MORE CALORIES YOU BURN!!
About the Author:
Kevin Valluzzi is the owner of “The Fitness Leader,” an in-home training business located in Bergen County NJ. He has helped hundreds of women lose fat and redesign their bodies through training, motivating and empowering. More information can be found on his web-sites: www.thefitnessleader.com and www.redesignyourbody.com. You can reach Kevin Directly at: 201-638-1902.
The picture above is the reason why I chose to leave the world of one on one training and return to my world of team training.
There are no matching outfits, people are sweating, and its not a beauty contest!
Just straight, old school, bust ass, get it done workouts.
There is 10 x more motivation and energy when you see people around you giving it their all.
The slowest and weakest person can be the most inspirational because of the drive and effort of their performance.
It helps us realize how hard or how little we are pushing ourselves.
Our team is full leaders, protectors, helpers, comedians (look at the crazy guy in the left hand corner), partiers, and everything else in between.
We are real.
We have a sense of humour and understand that life can be stressful without the release of laughter.
But we also understand that life is a game where talent means nothing without focused, consistent, and persistent effort.
Thank you for being my daily inspiration.
Jaiya Figueras
There are no bells and whistles.
Its not full of flat screen televisions and people walking around aimlessly because they don’t know what to do.
Its not a place where girls wear cute little color coordinated outfits to get attention or guys stare at themselves in the mirror.
In fact, there aren’t any mirrors!
There is fighting, grunting, laughing, and its filled with motivation and knowledge.
Its same spirit and attitude that we have made a clear effort to recruit in Long Beach.
Not only do we look good, but we can perform any physical challenge that arises no matter what the age or sex.
When you watch this video, keep in mind that 375 is not a trainer.
He is simply another person that was training alongside me.
He motivated and pushed me to step it up.
But he was nearly 20 years older than me.
Watching this video and training with “375″ inspires me to have no mercy on people who say “I am old”.
In fact, its proof that it is an excuse that people make for not trying to the next level.
I was trained and filmed by Matty Orlando, The Trainer’s Trainer.
He trains many of the trainers at Wardance Fight Gym: a gritty gym in Orange County known for no B.S. workouts.
William Robertson is the owner of Wardance and the co-creator of original Backyard Boogie in Orange County.
There has never been a successful person who hasn’t had a coach.
I always keep that in mind.
It humbles me to try new workouts and always go back to my roots for inspiration.
Check out the video below!
