Maintaining that perfect physique that you have worked so hard to get, or trying to attain your goal of getting that perfect physique, can be made easier by raising your metabolism level.
Just think, being able to eat more and still lose weight and working out less. Sound good? Well that could be exactly what you can do if you decide to consistently follow a few simple steps. You see, there are two categories, which the metabolism falls into; catabolism and anabolism.
Both are good for you at times and can assist you in reaching your goals faster and easier.
Since anabolism is the one most people are attracted to, lets start there. Anabolism is when your body builds muscle tissue or stores energy by creating fatty tissue. This is the process in which your body gets itself ready for a hard workout by storing fat that is used in the energy making process.
It is also the process that makes your muscles get bigger, more defined and cut. In order to get that burst of energy during your workout, your body has to be allowed to store that energy that is created from what you eat.
On the opposite end of the spectrum though is catabolism. This is the process in which the energy is created by burning fat and muscle tissues during your workout. This is where you can sculpt your body by using the specific areas in which you are attempting to make stronger, leaner, and more defined.
Your body has to use energy that it has already stored to power your muscles to work harder, which in turn burns off the fat that you don’t want.
Both areas of your metabolism have their good and bad points, therefore, you have to keep watching both of them and maintain the balance of your body’s peak performance.
That balance that you need can be attained by using any of the following steps, but the more that you achieve, the better chance you will have to avoid an uneven weight gain or loss, in effect, losing the rewards of your hard work.
- Make a change in your daily life
Your daily habits can make a big difference in your metabolism. Do you like to wait in your car for a good parking spot to become available? Start parking on the edge of the parking lot and just simply walk. This can burn off excess stored energy as well as possibly save you time in the long run.
- Eat smaller meals more often
By eating more often but eating smaller portions makes your body work on digesting the food you eat, at the same time giving your body nutrients that it needs to build the muscle tissue that you want.
Even if it is just a small carrot stick or a solid meal, keeping something small in your stomach can make a big difference in your metabolism level.
- Do weight training
Weight training will boost your and stimulate the growth of muscle tissue. The constant resistance of the weights will burn energy more effectively as well build muscle tissue.
- Do a daily cardio workout
Something as simple as walking fast for short periods of time, say from your parking spot to the store entrance will raise your heart rate and create what is known as “oxygen debt.”
This will get the heart pumping harder, processing oxygen to your cells, and making your body process waste in sweat while recovering from the activity at the same time.
- Drink cold water
Although not totally agreed upon as an effective metabolism booster, drinking cold water does make your body have to work harder to process it into your system. Your body has to warm the water as well as maintain your normal body temperature as well as work to replenish your cells.
Therefore, if you don’t have a small snack handy, try drinking a glass of ice water.
Just think, being able to eat more and still lose weight and working out less. Sound good? Well that could be exactly what you can do if you decide to consistently follow a few simple steps. You see, there are two categories, which the metabolism falls into; catabolism and anabolism.
Both are good for you at times and can assist you in reaching your goals faster and easier.
Since anabolism is the one most people are attracted to, lets start there. Anabolism is when your body builds muscle tissue or stores energy by creating fatty tissue. This is the process in which your body gets itself ready for a hard workout by storing fat that is used in the energy making process.
It is also the process that makes your muscles get bigger, more defined and cut. In order to get that burst of energy during your workout, your body has to be allowed to store that energy that is created from what you eat.
On the opposite end of the spectrum though is catabolism. This is the process in which the energy is created by burning fat and muscle tissues during your workout. This is where you can sculpt your body by using the specific areas in which you are attempting to make stronger, leaner, and more defined.
Your body has to use energy that it has already stored to power your muscles to work harder, which in turn burns off the fat that you don’t want.
Both areas of your metabolism have their good and bad points, therefore, you have to keep watching both of them and maintain the balance of your body’s peak performance.
That balance that you need can be attained by using any of the following steps, but the more that you achieve, the better chance you will have to avoid an uneven weight gain or loss, in effect, losing the rewards of your hard work.
- Make a change in your daily life
Your daily habits can make a big difference in your metabolism. Do you like to wait in your car for a good parking spot to become available? Start parking on the edge of the parking lot and just simply walk. This can burn off excess stored energy as well as possibly save you time in the long run.
- Eat smaller meals more often
By eating more often but eating smaller portions makes your body work on digesting the food you eat, at the same time giving your body nutrients that it needs to build the muscle tissue that you want.
Even if it is just a small carrot stick or a solid meal, keeping something small in your stomach can make a big difference in your metabolism level.
- Do weight training
Weight training will boost your and stimulate the growth of muscle tissue. The constant resistance of the weights will burn energy more effectively as well build muscle tissue.
- Do a daily cardio workout
Something as simple as walking fast for short periods of time, say from your parking spot to the store entrance will raise your heart rate and create what is known as “oxygen debt.”
This will get the heart pumping harder, processing oxygen to your cells, and making your body process waste in sweat while recovering from the activity at the same time.
- Drink cold water
Although not totally agreed upon as an effective metabolism booster, drinking cold water does make your body have to work harder to process it into your system. Your body has to warm the water as well as maintain your normal body temperature as well as work to replenish your cells.
Therefore, if you don’t have a small snack handy, try drinking a glass of ice water.
