Muscles
Your fat loss strategy may or may not include exercising.
Naturally, it is better if it does, even if you do not implement it right away.
Exercise is good for your health in general, and it helps with fat loss… a lot. It will increase your metabolism by creating new muscle cells, and it will burn calories, further contributing to the always necessary average daily calorie deficit.
If you are way out of shape and exercising hurts just thinking about it, put it off until your dieting has prepared you for it to some extent. Your diet will require including all the necessary components for optimal metabolism, and that global average calorie deficit. Once you’ve burned some fat, exercising will become easier, and before you know it, enjoyable.
But if you are ready to consider exercising, there are some things you need to know about muscles that will determine the best exercising strategy for you, which isn’t the same for everyone!
There are two types of muscles, and their respective role in your fat loss strategy is different. Enduring muscles burn fat directly, while fast muscles cause the rest of your body to burn fat.