Perhaps the most profound indicator of overall health and fitness is body composition. In other words, how much of your body is composed of lean muscle vs. adipose tissue (fat). Recent studies have revealed that up to 85% of all Americans are unfit based on percentages which show the vast majority of the population to be carrying excessive bodyfat. If someone was to ask me what I thought the most important factor in attaining and maintaining a healthy bodyfat percentage was, I would immediately answer “the presence of lean muscle”. The presence of lean muscle on a person’s frame changes everything. Lean muscle requires a relatively high caloric intake to maintain, which means that its mere presence burns calories, forcing ones metabolism to speed up in order to meet the energy requirements of even a resting muscle. What this means is that the age-old notion of using caloric restriction to lose weight is completely wrong and is in fact the last thing you should do...More on this later.
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