The Women’s Guide To The Perfect Physique!

Jan 3
09:00

2011

Helen Armstrong

Helen Armstrong

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There is much emphasis on body image and the ideal of the ‘perfect figure’ in today’s society. This leads many women to frantically diet and exercise in order to attempt to attain this apparent media ideal that is to be ‘thin’.

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But I have got news for you ladies, thin isn’t in. You see the most beautiful bodies in society are not ‘thin’. No instead they are lean,The Women’s Guide To The Perfect Physique! Articles toned and firm.

So ladies instead of just diets and vigorous cardio sessions, you need to incorporate the two with the added component of weight training.

Many believe that weight training makes you bulk up. This is not the case if it is done in the correct manner for the desired figure that many long for.


You see, the thing that many who want to lose weight don’t know is that the more muscle you have on your body the more fat you burn and so in turn the more calories you burn. If you have a certain amount of muscle on your body you can enjoy a reasonable diet without gaining weight, this is because you will have an increased metabolism.

Granted, some people get their metabolic traits from their genes, but a good metabolism doesn't always happen by chance. You'd be amazed at how much your metabolism can be affected by your life choices.


In the gym the other day I overheard a classic example of a woman’s lack of knowledge regarding muscle training. There were two women talking on the treadmill and one asked the other if she was going to accompany her to the weights, the other woman replied ‘no, I want to get thin not bulk up’. I trust that this woman believed in the age old myth that weight training turns the fat that you want to lose into muscle.

This fact is totally untrue, for starters the two tissue groups are totally different and so one cannot be turned into the other. Instead the way it works is by your body gaining muscle through weight training, and the weight loss comes from aerobic exercises and a healthy balanced diet. All three simultaneously will get your body well on its way to being trim, tones and healthy.

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