Myth Blasting Monday

Myth: Muscle Turns to Fat If You Stop Weight Lifting.

All too often I hear. "How do I change my fat into muscle." In hopes of not devestating and discouraging those of you that are sitting with ears perked and pens ready to take note; you should know you don't. Fat will never become muscle and thankfully muscle will never become fat! Fat and muscle are two entirely seperate tissues.

Here's the great news! If you are sitting looking back at your glory days when you were punting that football, slam dunking that basketball or meerly looking down and seeing your toes and wondering if it is possible to get back in "great shape," I assure you it is.  Lets not get too excited and go slam dunking any basketballs with the young kids or challenge your next door neighbors 10 year old to a 100 yard dash. It is and will always be easier to regain muscle than it is to build it from scratch. Soooo, if you are thinking about getting back in shape, but that ten pound weight feels like fifty and simply siting and standing from your Lazyboy feels like squats; I assure you the faster you get back to it the faster you will regain that lean body of weightlifting past. But REMEMBER fat doesn't turn to muscle either so put down those Oreos, french fries and "light" (give me a break-who are you kidding light?!) beers and get moving. You will need increase your Cardiovasular activity (ie. continually movement for 20 min or more) to decrease your fat content. Lets make this a simple concept for everyone. Focus on gaining muscle or losing fat, one at a time.