Advanced Personal Training Essentials Metabolic flexibility - part 6 -Build more muscle: because muscle is more metabolically demanding compared to other tissues, it has a tremendous storage capacity for both glycogen and fats. It also helps to maintain our energy balance due to its metabolically active nature. More muscle means greater insulin sensitivity, and greater metabolic flexibility. -Fast (5-6 hours for newbies; up to 24 hours for more advanced folk): a controversial notion to be sure, intermittent fasting has however been shown to drive down insulin levels to optimize fat burning. Once insulin is again introduced it is more likely to be directly used to fuel intensive training. The result: enhanced metabolic flexibility. See elsewhere on this site for information on how to best employ fasting as a fat burning, muscle building tool. This article and others like it can be viewed at: mi40nation/ - Ben Pakulski: Mi40 Nation
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:53:30 +0000
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