Diets Aren't Enough

Eating nutritious meals can help you keep away unwanted weight gain as well as optimize the operation of your body, but diet is only one part of becoming truly healthy. True fitness is obtained through a combination of diet, exercise and a wellness lifestyle.

One main key to developing a fit body is to engage in strength training to work and optimize muscles. Strength training could include lifting free weights, using weight machines in your home or gym or even using your own body weight to do exercises such as pull ups or push ups. Strength training will increase muscle growth (women will never build significant muscles due to their lack of testosterone), which will increase metabolism and daily calorie burn.

Dieting alone will lead to muscle loss.

Another key benefit of exercise is cardio improvement. Aerobic exercise such as running, biking, swimming and playing sports will help your body become a more efficient machine. It will strengthen your heart, your bones and increase your oxygen efficiency. Diet alone cannot achieve these results.

Fitness is much more than dieting. It is a lifestyle that concentrates on taking care of the body on multiple levels. When you decide that it's time to get in shape, don't forget that just cutting back on the ice cream will never get you all the way.

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