The Truth About Female Muscle Gain and Fat Loss

As a fitness enthusiast and former certified personal trainer, I cannot begin to tell you the countless times I've heard that a woman should not perform strenuous weight lifting exercises because she is apt to bulk up in muscle mass and start to take on manly physical attributes. From a scientific standpoint - the truth of the matter is that the average woman will not get "bulky" on a good traditional resistance / weight lifting program which is specifically designed for mild to moderate muscle gains and optimal fat burning. This is because as women, we are
�estrogen, not testosterone dominant (testosterone is the hormone responsible for muscle bulking - think steroids). Yes... there are female bodybuilders... and some are natural (no use of hormone/steroids). However... these women train hard for a very long time using very specific mass bulking weight-lifting programs while following a body bulking diet. In my experience as both a trainer and a trainee... the harder and heavier one works in her respective training program... the leaner and thus smaller one's body becomes. The only drawback to gaining muscle is if you are obsessed with the scale. That's because one cubic inch of muscle weighs six times more than one cubic inch of fat! In short - pay closer attention to how you feel, how your body looks and what size clothing you are wearing instead of the numbers on the scale. You may ask how one can build muscle yet become smaller at the same time. Well first... muscle takes up less space than fat due to its density. Second... the more muscle you have... the more calories/fat you burn at rest, since it raises your RMR (resting metabolic rate). In fact... you burn an extra 35 calories per day for every one pound of muscle you gain. Thus if you gain ten pounds of muscle... you burn about 350 additional calories per day. So how hard should you be working while lifting weights in order to develop a leaner body?The Truth About Female Muscle Gain and Fat Loss

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