You know that any sport activities like Fitness and Body building burn calories, this is probably one of the most important features of body building. Body building creates an added demand for calories. If those calories have not been supplied by the diet, then the body will look to fat cells to supply the needed calories.
The connection between body building and weight management came more sharply into focus in June of 1991. During that month, the Archives of Internal Medicine ran an article written by K.D. Brownell and Judy Rodin. Their article made two important points.
They published data that confirmed what was stated above: exercise helps to build muscle fast. It helps to preserve body tissue. Bob Hoffman had said the same thing, when he had talked to audiences about the importance of body building. Bob Hoffman had tried hard to remind motorists about the meaning of his message.
Bob Hoffman had a factory that made and sold bar bells. Outside of his factory, Bob placed the figure of a muscular man lifting a set of barbells. One could see from the figure that weightlifting (or body building) produces toned muscles. Since Bob’s factory was next to a major road, many motorists passed his sign and figure everyday.
Perhaps someone who road past Bob’s sign and figure also read the article by Brownell and Rodin. If so, then they knew that body building did more than just tone muscles and burn calories. They were aware of the important finding revealed in the Archives. Toned muscles and the preservation of muscle tissue can raise the body’s metabolic rate.
The metabolic rate represents the speed with which the body can obtain energy from the nutrients in the bloodstream. A high metabolic rate indicates a rapid use of the energy sources in the body. People with a high metabolic rate tend to be thin. A slow metabolic rate indicates a sluggish turnover of the energy sources in the body. The body fails to use all of the available nutrients in the blood stream.
People with diabetes have a slow metabolic rate. Their slow rate is due to the absence of insulin in their system. Without insulin, the body’s cells can not take-in glucose from the blood stream. The unused glucose is turned into fat. That is why diabetics tend to carry a few added pounds.
Research continues on why people with more muscle tissue have a higher metabolic rate. We know that exercise temporarily helps to suppress the appetite. Yet later, the body has a real need for food. People who exercise regularly tend to be big eaters. Yet because they have a high metabolism, they can eat without gaining much weight.
There is a definite relationship between diet and exercise. Someone who sticks to a diet but fails to get regular exercise will not reap the same benefits as someone who combines that diet with an effort to stay physically fit. The mothers of some American high school wrestlers are all too aware of that fact.