Some Body Fat is in fact good for you! You may not realise, not all body fat is bad.

There are two types of body fat, essential and non – essential body fat.
Essential fat helps our body to function, it keeps us warm, protects vital internal organs and regulates the nutrients going into our bodies.

Non – essential body fat is the type that begins to make your clothes seem tighter. It stores when our body collects more energy from food and fluid than your body needs. It tends to store around organs like the heart and lungs.
As levels of non essential body fat increase, so does the layer of adipose tissue (fat) underneath the skin. Healthy eating and a change in eating habits can get rid of those unwanted kilos.

Muscle cannot turn into Fat!

It is a common myth that when you stop weight training, muscle will turn into fat. When you stop training, your muscles reduce in size. If you continue to consume the same amount of food as when you were more active you will increase your body fat levels.

You cannot Spot Reduce Body Fat

Every individual carries their body fat in a different way. Women, for example, tend to carry more body fat on their arms and bum (pear shape), while men tend to carry more around the upper body and stomach. Unfortunately, it is impossible to reduce fat on one specific area of your body. To lose body fat from anywhere on your body, you need to take on some aerobic/anaerobic training and pick up a few dumbells!

A mix of Aerobic training and Weight training is best for shedding unwanted KG’s

To burn body fat, you need to expend more energy throughout your day than you are putting in. The more cardio training you do (running, walking, swimming e.t.c) the better. When you combine this training with a weights program, you will see greater results in a shorter amount of time.

The good news is, the more muscle you have, the more body fat you will burn throughout your day!

On average you burn about an extra 4 calories per hour for each extra kilo of muscle.

A useless fact: this equates to around 27,700 calories per year or 4.5 kilo’s lighter you would be, you can also lose another 4.5kg simply by having correct posture and sucking your stomach in and chest out…. there is 9kg in one year and  you haven’t even started training with Succeed Canberra yet!!!