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Maximize Your Metabolism
By Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education Herbalife
Exercise training helps you burn more calories both during the day–and at
night.
Total Caloric Expenditure is simply the total amount of calories that your
body burns in one day. The vast majority of calories expended are used for
the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) or the “Resting Metabolism.” This BMR
accounts for over 70% of an individual’s total calories used in one day.
These are the calories your body uses to keep your engine running.
Your body is like your car. Think of turning your car engine on in the morning
and just letting it run in the driveway. The car sitting in the driveway burning
fuel is like your BMR. The bigger the car engine, the more fuel it uses. So a
big truck burns lots of fuel and gets maybe eight miles to the gallon while
an economy car uses little fuel and gets 40 miles to the gallon. If you
pushed down on the gas pedal and revved the engine, you would be
burning more fuel, which is basically what you do when you exercise.
The amount of muscle you have determines how many calories you burn
everyday in a resting state. Each pound of muscle burns approximately 14
calories per day, so a big football player may burn over 3,000 calories/day
at rest (BMR=3000). Meanwhile a tall and thin ballerina may burn only 1,200
calories/day at rest (BMR=1200).
When you exercise, you build more muscle mass and increase the size of
your engine, which is a good thing. That means that even while you sleep
you will be burning more calories because you have increased your BMR.
Imagine taking a small economy car and putting in a bigger engine that
requires more fuel. That is the basic idea behind exercise training, fine-
tuning your body’s engine into a high-performance machine.
Tips for burning more calories:
Exercise to increase muscle mass.
Fuel up with Herbalife nutrition products.
Rev up your workout routine to burn more calories.
By Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education Herbalife
Exercise training helps you burn more calories both during the day–and at
night.
Total Caloric Expenditure is simply the total amount of calories that your
body burns in one day. The vast majority of calories expended are used for
the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) or the “Resting Metabolism.” This BMR
accounts for over 70% of an individual’s total calories used in one day.
These are the calories your body uses to keep your engine running.
Your body is like your car. Think of turning your car engine on in the morning
and just letting it run in the driveway. The car sitting in the driveway burning
fuel is like your BMR. The bigger the car engine, the more fuel it uses. So a
big truck burns lots of fuel and gets maybe eight miles to the gallon while
an economy car uses little fuel and gets 40 miles to the gallon. If you
pushed down on the gas pedal and revved the engine, you would be
burning more fuel, which is basically what you do when you exercise.
The amount of muscle you have determines how many calories you burn
everyday in a resting state. Each pound of muscle burns approximately 14
calories per day, so a big football player may burn over 3,000 calories/day
at rest (BMR=3000). Meanwhile a tall and thin ballerina may burn only 1,200
calories/day at rest (BMR=1200).
When you exercise, you build more muscle mass and increase the size of
your engine, which is a good thing. That means that even while you sleep
you will be burning more calories because you have increased your BMR.
Imagine taking a small economy car and putting in a bigger engine that
requires more fuel. That is the basic idea behind exercise training, fine-
tuning your body’s engine into a high-performance machine.
Tips for burning more calories:
Exercise to increase muscle mass.
Fuel up with Herbalife nutrition products.
Rev up your workout routine to burn more calories.
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A-Z Weight Loss Diets
Diet & Physical Activity
NUTRITION
Healthy Eating Habits
The Superfoods
Best Foods for Anti-Aging
Best Heart Healthy Foods
Best Cancer Fighting Foods
Superfoods to Boost Immunity
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Calculating Body Frame Size
Calculating Body Mass Index BMI)
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