Ever heard of this statement: "If you stop exercising, your muscles will turn into fats!"? Well, alot of people asked me about this and my answer is a resounding NO!
The next question they ask will be, "Why do my muscles turn flabby then?". So here I am, to explain what is actually happening.
When we are engage in weights training actively, our metabolism rate goes up and we tend to eat more to sustain our daily energy needs. At this point, what we eat will be burnt off to be used as energy.
When we stop training for a long period, our metabolism rate goes down, our muscles shrink. But for most, the appetite for food remains as the body is used to the amount of food intake during training (e.g Alex ate 5 plates of rice everyday when he was engaging in weight training, when he stopped training, he continues to eat 5 plates of rice). There will be an over-intake of food.
So the extra food that are not burnt to be used for energy would be stored as fats! So the theory of muscles turning into fats is not true. Fats and muscles are two different kind of tissues. Muscles lies underneath fats so losing fats will allow your muscles to stand out.
If you have been training regularly, keep up the good work. But if you intend to tone down or even stop completely, do remember to adjust your food intake accordingly. Do not slack off if you want your fats off!
Since I'm in the topic of metabolism, I'll touch on the parts to train to shed off fats faster in my next entry. Stay tuned to FatsOff!!! =D
The next question they ask will be, "Why do my muscles turn flabby then?". So here I am, to explain what is actually happening.
When we are engage in weights training actively, our metabolism rate goes up and we tend to eat more to sustain our daily energy needs. At this point, what we eat will be burnt off to be used as energy.
When we stop training for a long period, our metabolism rate goes down, our muscles shrink. But for most, the appetite for food remains as the body is used to the amount of food intake during training (e.g Alex ate 5 plates of rice everyday when he was engaging in weight training, when he stopped training, he continues to eat 5 plates of rice). There will be an over-intake of food.
So the extra food that are not burnt to be used for energy would be stored as fats! So the theory of muscles turning into fats is not true. Fats and muscles are two different kind of tissues. Muscles lies underneath fats so losing fats will allow your muscles to stand out.
If you have been training regularly, keep up the good work. But if you intend to tone down or even stop completely, do remember to adjust your food intake accordingly. Do not slack off if you want your fats off!
Since I'm in the topic of metabolism, I'll touch on the parts to train to shed off fats faster in my next entry. Stay tuned to FatsOff!!! =D
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