A Balance Between Muscle and Fitness

There is a big link between muscle and fitness. Think about it: would you feel and look more fit if you had muscle, or if you had fat instead?

Muscle gives you strength and energy. Fat makes you, lethargic, unenergetic and inflexible. It also looks horrible.

But don’t be mistaken: many people who build big muscle are not considered by purists to be ‘fit’. People have different definitions of fitness.

For some, it’s about being able to run a marathon. For others, it’s about how you look. On looks alone, bodybuilders are certainly fit. They are toned, muscular and have very little body fat.

But can bodybuilders run a marathon? Well, it depends how big they are and how much cardio training they do. Huge bodybuilders are unlikely to be very flexible and probably don’t enjoy running all that much. With that said, I hate to stereotype and there are certainly big guys who can run quite well.

If you want a balance between muscle and fitness you need to train both cardio and resistance workouts. The cardio will help you to retain flexibility that is vital when you are doing cardio work. The cardio workouts aid your heart and lungs and help to keep your health in check. Anyone who has toned muscles and can also run for at least 20 minutes without stopping is very fit.

But you need to lose fat before you can be considered to be really fit. Everyone has some fat on them; you need it and its normal. But excessive fat will just hamper your fitness and your weight lifting.

It’s sometimes hard to find the balance between losing fat and gaining muscle. Trying to lose fat without losing muscle is difficult at best. You certainly don’t want to be losing that muscle that you have worked so hard to attain.

The answer lies in the excellent Turbulence Training guide. The author is a strength training and fitness expert and the guide focuses on how to lose fat and gain muscle. But the catch is that he does it without cardio. How? You’ll have to read Turbulence Training to find out. Click here for full details

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