Top 10 Reasons to Build Muscle

Top 10 Reasons to Build Muscle

By Kim Dolan Leto | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | Comments:  0

Why do you want to build muscle? Is it to create curves, get stronger, or compete in a fitness competition?

Here’s a list of the top 10 reasons to build lean muscle mass:

1. Did you know one pound of muscle, at rest, burns three times as many calories as a pound of fat?
2. Gaining muscle helps show that weight is a number and the scale does not tell the whole story.
3. Lean muscle mass takes up 1/4 of the space of fat. This is why you can weigh 130 pounds and be a size 2.
4. Protects your body from injury, especially as you age.
5. Lean mass creates curves in all the right places.
6. Earning lean muscle gives you functional strength. Think of all the movement you engage in throughout the day-squatting, bending and playing with your kids.
7. Confidence. Seeing muscle definition on your body makes you feel incredible-like you have a little secret super-power in you! :)
8. You can eat more. Building lean muscle mass keeps your metabolism revved.
9. Lean muscle mass gives you a tight and toned look. It looks amazing and takes years off!
10. Lean muscle makes you feel strong from the inside out. When you’ve worked hard and achieved a goal you wear it in body and mind. Your head is up your shoulders are back and you feel alive and equipped to handle life.