Scientific research suggests we need a new approach to health, fitness and exercise – one that places less emphasis on body weight (or body fat) simply just burning calories and more emphasis on healthy metabolism.

Our hormonal health has become big business in recent years for good reason. Not only to restore vigor, but also because the scientific evidence leaves little doubt that diabetes, heart disease and cancer are related to unfavorable changes in hormonal levels. Shifts in these levels trigger other changes that lead to nasty diseases that hospitalize and kill millions of people each year.

Hormonal decline is a central feature of the degenerative process known as aging, responsible for lost strength, increased body fat, diminished energy levels, a steady upward creep in the fat/muscle ratio and an increased risk of disease.

This decline also makes you less active which makes the problem worse giving rise to a vicious cycle is referred to as the “downward spiral of aging” leading from a robust, strong, energetic, vital, youthfulness to the weakened, feeble, frailty of old age.

New research into the hormonal dynamics of exercise reveals that each time you exercise; you temporarily alter the hormonal environment inside your body. Participating in a proper exercise program can be a powerful tool that will work to your advantage improving your health and performance, slowing the aging process and giving you back youthful strength, energy and vitality.

For years the fitness industry has focused on what happens during the exercise session and ignored the after effects. Now we know what goes on during exercise directly impacts whether the body burns fat or stores fat long after the exercise session has finished.

In fact, the after effects of exercise may be the most important aspect to determine true fitness and body composition as these relate directly to the balance of good and not so good hormones. The major benefits of a properly designed and effective exercise program are metabolic and hormonal in nature.

Make no mistake; not any old exercise will give you these benefits. We need to put aside the notion that all we need to do to lose weight or get fit is just to go for a walk or do some other recreational activity like cycling, or swimming etc. Although any exercise is better than none at all it is important if you want to lose weight, transform your body and slow the aging process you will have to invest in high intensity exercise.

It is far better to learn new exercise skills and habits that will deliver results in accordance with your effort. A sole focus on aerobic or recreational exercise will only serve to make a difficult process more challenging.

The program should include at least 60% strength training exercise using big exercises that work multiple muscle groups together and short rest periods. These must be performed at the right level of intensity to stimulate the release of important fitness improving, body fat reducing and age busting hormones.

You will need to be guided by a fitness professional to ensure the program is set up to suit your fitness and strength level, and to instruct you how to perform it to get the best results and ensure safety.

This type of metabolic enhancement exercise regime is comprehensive, touching on virtually every aspect of your life. It is designed to get your entire “hormonal army” working for you in your quest for lifetime youthfulness, super health, and a lean, tight and toned body.

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