Metabolism Counts

Lifting weights increases your body's metabolic rate and keeps it raised long after the activity is completed. Weight training increases muscle – the more muscle you have the higher your metabolism - the higher your metabolism the quicker you burn calories.

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Include Strength Training In Your Workout

Dumbbells

One of the major advantages to lifting weights is that the more muscle you have the higher your metabolism will be, and a high metabolism means your body will burn calories quicker. So instead of only doing cardio to burn calories, consider toning up your body by building some lean muscle using free weights.
Free weights include dumbbells, barbells, medicine balls, sandbells, and kettlebells.

Resistance bands 

.Resistance training is any exercise that causes the muscles to contract against an external resistance with the expectation of increases in strength, tone, mass, and/or endurance. The external resistance can be dumbbells, resistance bands,  rubber exercise tubing, your own body weight, bricks, bottles of water, or any other object that causes the muscles to contract. Read more HERE

For my UK readers looking for a great range of free-weights, resistance bands and other fitness equipment, try Millet Sports, they're one of the UK's leading online sports and fitness equipment suppliers.

Train Like You Mean It

Train like you mean it.The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.

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Try These Workouts for Toned Legs

Workouts for Toned Legs
Squats
Lunges
Calf Raises
Wall Sits
Jumping Jacks
Sumo Squats
Leg Lifts

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Workouts are Non-Negotiable

Workouts are non-negotiable! They are just as important as school and work. GET IT DONE.

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You Are Worth It

I reward my body by training hard and eating clean...because I'm worth it.

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Your Body Was Made To Exercise EVERYDAY

You eat EVERYDAY, you sleep EVERYDAY, and your body was made to exercise EVERYDAY. - Jack Lalanne

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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

When your load is heavy, many will look down on you and think you're weak, but one day they too will have a heavy load and will look up at you and wonder why you're so strong. -Linda James

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Understand The Importance Of Exercise

Exercise is very, very important to your health, weight loss and general well being. Think long and hard about the benefits of exercise in your own life....The stronger your "Why?" the greater your "How?".

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How To Increase The Effectiveness Of Your Workouts

You will achieve your weight loss and fitness goals quicker if you make every workout session count. The best way to do that is to set yourself new goals each time you work out.

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Focus On Fitness

Focus on fitness and weight loss will take care of itself.

This has been my experience. When I first began my weight loss journey my focus was entirely on weight loss, but once I lost 30lbs I realised the only way to continue losing weight, without starving myself or being obsessively focused on calories would be to focus on fitness as a lifestyle. This new focus is helping me shed the extra pounds and it will do the same for you.

Muscle Matters

Muscle Matters: Research has shown that regular strength training can increase your BMR (basal metabolic rate) by 15%. That means if you usually burn 2000calories a day you will burn an extra 300 calories every single day.

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