Muscles: Do We Really Need Them?
By Amy Banks

Yes. Definitely - yes, for some very important reasons.

Look Thinner

Muscles will make you look and fell thinner. It's true! Muscle takes up less space than fat does, so pound for pound, if you have more muscle than someone who weighs the same as you, you can be at least two clothing sizes smaller.

Eat More Without Getting Fat

Muscle allows you to eat more food without getting fat because muscle is the only body material that is active. Muscle actually "scintillates"(the muscle fibers vibrate ever so slightly, rather than lie stagnant like bone and fat), and it does so twenty-four hours a day - even when you're sitting in a chair or sleeping in your bed.

The fact is, once you put muscle on your body, you will burn an additional 20 to 30 calories an hour!

Beat The Aging Process

Every year after the age of thirty, muscles atrophy a small amount. No one knows exactly how much - but experts say it is about 5 percent a year. If you do nothing to prevent this normal muscle attrition, by the time you are forty, your body shape will have significantly changed. By working with weights, you can put back the muscle that you lost every year after thirty - and then some!

Strong Bones

When you work with weights, you're not only putting stress on the muscle, you're putting stress on the bone as well, and you're making the bone stronger and thicker as you make the muscle stronger and bigger. This should be great news to everyone over thirty, especially women, who are losing bone tissue to the point of danger and possibly osteoporosis.

Be Strong and Sexy!

Finally, muscle is sexy! It makes you feel sensual and sexy. It puts curves and definition in all the right places. And for women, don't worry - you won't end up looking like the female "Arnold". You can have a firm, toned and feminine body - all at the same time!

Amy Banks is President of Genuine Nutrition (http://www.genuinenutrition.com) offering the highest quality vitamins and supplements along with superior customer service and support.

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