A lot has been said about the metabolism boosting effects of exercise.
The general theory is that by exercising you increase your muscle mass and your metabolic rate to a point where you can actually lose weight without eating less.
Unfortunately this theory has been met by considerable roadblocks when put to the test of clinical research.
To begin with, every extra pound of muscle you build burns an extra 5-6 Calories per day.
So even adding an extra 10 pounds of muscle would only increase your Resting Metabolic Rate by about 60 Calories.
This fact alone seems to limit the ‘muscle boosting metabolism’ theory, as most of us aren’t going to add 40 pounds of muscle to our frames, and even if we did the extra ‘burn’ would account for roughly 250 Calories…less calories than in a Snickers Bar.
The theory that exercise can increase your […]

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