The Benefits of building muscle

Building muscle is a great way to look more defined and boost the resting metabolic rate, which in turn helps you to loose fat and keep it off, - in effect becoming a muscle building diet.

It is a common misconception that cardio is the best and only way to lose weight, but muscle mass is one of the main users of calories, therefore the more muscle mass the body has the more calories the body uses in a day leading to fat loss. Some nutritionists state that for every extra pound of muscle the body has an extra 45 calories are burnt a day.

Adding weight training to your gym regime can quickly improve your body fat percentage and you should see a speed up in the time it takes to achieve your weight loss goals.

So in short, weight training is more than just building big biceps and pecs, it actually helps you raise your Basal Metabolic Rate.