Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Re: [aahealth] Can Fat Turn Into Muscle Or Muscle Into Fat?

Can muscle turn into fat or fat turn into muscle? How many time
have you heard this hilarious fats and muscles myth? 

Yes, this is one fats and muscles myth that will never go away.
Get this straight. Fat will never turn into muscle and muscle
will never turn into fat. 

The reason is simple. Your body fats and muscles are made up of
completely different cell structure and they are so different
that they cannot be converted to each other. Your muscle is
very much alive and work very hard whereas fat just sits there
doing nothing and just plain looking ugly. How can they be the
same or can be converted to each other? 

How did this fitness myth come about then? Well, let me offer
some suggestions. 

When a fat person train with weights, he will build muscles and
then for his muscle definition to show, he will have to lose
fat. He will do cardio exercises and eat healthily to achieve a
healthy fat loss. When that is accomplished, he will revealed a
lean muscular body because he has already 
packed on some muscle mass and have lost a substantial amount
of body fat from his lose fats and build muscles program. 

So when people see his new found lean muscular body and noticed
that his body fat is now gone, some will comment that his fats
has turned into muscles. Isn't that a nonsensical comment? Not
just nonsensical, it is downright 
hilarious. 

Now, just say that this same guy has lost his motivation to
train for whatever reasons and because he no longer wants to
maintain his lean muscular body, he naturally will lay off
exercises and start to eat unhealthily. Gradually, he will put
on body fat because of his unhealthy diet and the fact that he
no longer exercise to burn calories. Then as he put on more
fat, the fat begins to cover up his muscles and his muscles are
no longer noticeable. 

Ahhhh....these same people who do not know the biology of
muscle and fat will proclaim that his muscles has turned into
body fat. Well, these chaps must be magicians or how else can
muscle turn into fat or fat turn into muscle? 

Why am I exposing this fat and muscle myth? Because it is
funny? Well perhaps that too. But the main reason is that this
fat and muscle myth has put alot of people away from exercising
to build muscles and continue to indulge in unhealthy eating
habits by proclaiming that there is no point building muscles
because once they stop, they will get fat. Again, this is
rubbish because most of them are fat to begin with anyway. It
is just a lazy excuse not to exercise and eat healthily. 

So if you have friends who tout this fat and muscle myth to
you, send them this article. You may be doing them a great
favor when they realised the truth and head for the gym to
build some muscles and lose some body fat. 

Then what about you? Are now convinced that muscle will never
turn into fat and fat into muscle? If not, write to me and tell
me why.


About The Author: Chris is a personal trainer of fashion
models, male pageant winners, actors and other celebs. More
free fitness tips in his websites. http://www.sgfitness.com and
http://www.sgfitnessonline.com
 

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