How to Build Muscle, How to Burn Fat, and Eating For Your Specific Goals, Episode #41

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Muscle mass, strength, and metabolic function are not only necessary for exercise, but also for the activities of everyday life. Evidence proves that having strong, healthy muscles plays an important role in the prevention of chronic diseases. Unfortunately, the phrase “use them or lose them” applies to all of your muscles. A sedentary lifestyle and poor diet significantly increases the rate of muscle mass loss. No matter what age you are, your muscle tissue can be strengthened and even regenerated with the right lifestyle changes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other Roles Muscle Plays:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Muscles help to burn energy and fat. As muscle mass increases, the faster the body is able to burn calories/energy. This leads to an increase of your basal metabolic rate (BMR), which helps in losing weight </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Muscle correlates with strength, which is a predictor of longevity, especially in older men and women</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Muscle improves survival with lung and bone diseases, improving long-term outcome and quality of life in people with COPD and osteopenia </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Patients with more muscle mass have shorter hospital stays and fewer surgical complications</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Muscles improve quality of life by helping you move better </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to Maintain Healthy Muscle Mass: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Building and maintaining muscle mass is nearly impossible without exercise. Adults should strength train AT LEAST two days a week along with aerobic exercise for maximum health benefits and to maintain muscle mass.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reviews from Lauren, Shannon, Jessica, Lexi [1:21]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why build muscle [4:33]</span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.calculator.net/bmr-ca