Good Stress Burns Fat

Social situations can be very uncomfortable sometimes – especially when you are self-conscious about your weight or shape. It happens to people of every color and creed all over the world all the time. People lose confidence in themselves because of their appearance or health.

Many look to exercise to shed the pounds ruining their self image, but have the misconception that using muscles burns fat. Exercising muscles is simply a trigger for the real fat burner.

Fat-burning hormones burn fat, not exercise. The body releases these fat-burning hormones after muscles have been exerted and need to be repaired. The energy from the fat is used to repair the muscle.

In order for this repair to begin and fat to be burned muscles need to be stressed properly. The body does not like to be stressed. It will respond to the stresses of proper exercise by producing larger muscles and more efficient ways to supply blood and oxygen to these muscles. You can tell this is happening when you find yourself comfortably performing exercises that have given you trouble in the past.

In order to keep achieving gains in strength, health and fat burning you have to continually put the body through GOOD stresses. When you reach that comfort level in your exercises your body will slow down the release of the fat-burning hormones so that your body can save that energy for later.

Over stressing the body can cause it to store fat for later use as well. It is important that you put your body through the right exercises at the right intensity to get the full benefit from exercise. For more ways to optimize your workouts contact us at One World Fitness in D.C.

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