Muscle

Between you and me, not a week goes by that one of these questions about exercise, breakfast, ‘fat-burning’, ‘metabolism‘, and ‘burning muscle for fuel’ doesn’t come across my desk: Should you work out before breakfast to burn more fat? Should you eat something first to “boost” your metabolism? If you don’t eat anything before you …

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May I Borrow A Cup Of Muscle? 4 Reasons To Grow Your Own!

by Lani Muelrath on October 8, 2011

It’s true – every precious pound of metabolism-boosting muscle on your body translates to more calories “combusted” each and every day. This is putting it quite simply, but the effects are not to be discounted. When it comes to weight control, over the course of the year, this adds up to an excellent metabolic advantage! …

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New at the Plant-strong Fitness Expert Blog and wondering where to start? This just in from Karen, who was eager to get started yet wasn’t quite sure where to start at lanimuelrath.com. I thought, what a great opportunity to share my response. Many thanks to Karen for her question and her gracious offer to let …

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We all agree on one thing. Everyone – in our affluent,  overfed society anyway – wants to burn calories at a premium.  Keep those babies flying off! We don’t even engage in debate about whether we want to up our calorie burn or not.  We just do, am I right? Case in point: When was …

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Body Fat Percentage vs. Body Weight

by Lani on March 18, 2010

Which is a better tool of measurement when it comes to health and fitness:  body fat percentage or body weight? Not an uncommon question, let’s just put up a blog post about it!   My thanks to Carolyn for permission to use her question to springboard the conversation. Q:   Hi Lani, Is it healthier to determine …

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Chronic inflammation spells bad news for our health, plain and simple. And though inflammation is a natural and necessary way that the body stimulates healing,  when inflammation becomes continuous and chronic, it becomes damaging.  The most common causes of inflammation in the body are physical inactivity and diet. And until recently, high-intensity exercise has been …

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We all talk about building muscle, keeping muscle mass, and wanting to have good shape to our muscle. But how is muscle really “made”? How do our workout efforts translate to shapelier, stronger muscle? You’ve no doubt heard that muscle growth is a result of damage, or slight tears, to the muscle.   This is true, …

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