How to Turn Your Body Into a 24/7 Fat Burning Machine

How to Turn Your Body Into a 24/7 Fat Burning Machine

The “secret” to turning your body into a fat burning machine is…muscle. Muscle is one of your most powerful allies (if not the most powerful) against unwanted fat. Muscle burns 14 calories/day at rest per pound of muscle.
So the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn without any extra exercise. Now for the women out there who are worried about “bulking up” – don’t be. Your genetics don’t physically allow you to. The only girls that get bulky are those that take steroids. Building muscle will simply burn your fat and make you more toned (and able to lift heavier things).
And men, I’m sure you’re ok with building muscle anyways. So how do you apply this knowledge for your benefit? You need to add resistance training & follow a workout program that is designed to build muscle as well as burn fat.
Exercising and running and such is great for burning fat, but once you stop exercising, the fat burning stops.
However, when you perform specifically designed workouts that burn fat AND build muscle, you burn fat while you are working out, and then the muscle you built from the workout continues to burn more calories 24/7.