Personal Training Plans for Adelaide

Weight loss and fat loss are distinguished in important ways. Whilst scale weight is a significant indicator of success, it only measures how much weight is lost, whether this was achieved by targeted diet plans for weight loss or excessive exercise.

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Weight loss includes the loss of muscular tissue, water, glycogen, and more fat, but fat loss only refers to the loss of fat (while retaining all-important lean muscle tissue.)

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We face the danger of losing muscle when trying to lose weight, if we don't ensure to resistance train (which tells the body to keep muscular tissue) and eat enough protein.

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Why then do we want to concentrate solely on fat loss while maintaining muscle mass?

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The answer is in what is known as 'lean body mass,' which is everything in your body that is not fat (muscle, organs, connective tissues, bones, etc).

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We want to maintain as much lean body mass as we can, particularly when dieting, for a number of reasons that are crucial:

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• There are less metabolic changes induced by dieting, such as a decrease in the number of calories expended during rest.

• There is an increased sensitivity to insulin (which can positively impact disease states such as type II diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, etc).

• You can experience lower levels of systemic inflammation. Systemic inflammation has a significant impact on a variety of disease states and commodities, as we are rapidly discovering.

• You improve your physical appearance, looking more ‘toned’ rather than ‘skinny fat’

• Strength and proprior ception are improved, which lowers the chance of developing diseases like sarcopenia and osteoporosis later in life.