Fat Loss and Weight Loss Info For Women

Q: I am primarily interested in reducing the size of the lower body, developing strength and getting faster. I am trying to gain more strength so I can run a 5K in relative ease and faster. My best time has been 33:42 and I’d like to get my time under 30 minutes.

I currently do 60 static lunges each side, 3 sets of squats 16 reps with 10 lb dumbbells, step-ups 3 sets with 10 lb dumbbells, then 1 set 8 reps of forward lunge immediately followed by 8 reps of dips then repeat on other side. I do this lower body routine 2 times a week.

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These days staying fit, eating right, and loosing weight have all become serious business especially for women and that s why there’s Muscle and Fitness Hers.

Muscle and Fitness Hers is a great magazine to pick up and read curled up in your favorite chair but it s also available online and with so much information it s hard to get bored with what they ve got to tell you and you certainly can t stay ahead of it.

If you are interested in nutrition Muscle and Fitness Hers has some great information on what foods are good for you but there s more than that. There are menus for meals, food choices, savvy shopping, recipes, meals that

are worth eating, and it goes on and on. Learn all about which foods have how many calories, and which foods are the healthiest to eat. Sure fruits and vegetables are important but some are more important than others. There is just so much useful information that you re going to be thrilled with the information available to you.

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The challenge for female fitness and bodybuilding is that, well, it doesn’t seem quite the feminine thing to do to lift weights and look muscular. ‘It’s really a mans sport’, was the cry and for a long time, women just weren’t taken seriously at all, even by themselves.

Nowadays, all this has changed and there are thousands of followers in the female fitness and bodybuilding genre. Many women take part in regular competition, looking fit, glamorous and beautiful, all at the same time.

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With few exceptions, the basic principles for healthy weight loss for women are the same for men: eat sensibly and exercise regularly. The differences more or less occur in how sex linked hormones affect weight loss.

For the most part, male and female bodies respond to weight loss in almost exactly the same ways. Eating healthfully helps to build muscle; the muscle metabolizes calories thus burning fat. Exercise helps to speed the process. As fat is lost and muscles grow, the body becomes more toned. For women, this process is affected by the production of estrogen and progesterone. This affect shows itself in three major ways: the menstrual cycle and its associated shifts in weight, where fat is stored,

and the rate at which muscle develops.

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Every magazine rack you look at contains a variety of fitness magazines with super-fit models on its cover.

You may be wondering why there are so many different titles and what each one has to offer.

Before we discuss different titles perhaps we should discuss what people are looking for in fitness magazines. Essentially there are only two things that people are looking for when reading fitness magazines:

1) Information: This could be in the form of advice from fitness experts, latest research findings, exercise techniques and more. 2) Motivation: Some of us motivate ourselves by seeking out muscular physiques that we admire (like those of the fitness models in the magazine). While others read motivational articles of how

individuals from all walks of life overcame adversity and achieved their goals. Most magazines understand this and give a healthy dose of both.

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