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Why do we gain extra weight?

The topic on overweight and the increase of fats is quite an extensive one, but here I would like to present in brief a few major factors addressing the issue of why people accumulate fats or why they gain weight.

6 myths about the six – pack

The six-pack or the visible abdominal muscles has always been a sign for a healthy and well-trained body. I do not know anyone who does not want well-defined abdominal muscles or at least a toned waist, without any superfluous fats. This, however, turns out to be mission impossible for most people.

How to calculate the fats in our body?

Within normal limits the body fats are needed for a number of life processes. They consist predominantly of adipocyte fat cells whose main function is to preserve a reserve of energy but also serve for isolation and coating of some organs. It is also an endocrine organ as it produces some hormones as, for instance, leptin, estrogen, resistin and so on. In general terms we have subcutaneous visceral and intramuscural.

The Benefits from training with weights

There are a lot of myths with regard to the strength trainings, which not only do not correspond to the truth, but are the reason for a lot of people, women in particular, not to practice such type of exercising. In this article I would like to point out some of the benefits the training with weights provides for us. They refer both to men and women. I want to emphasize that gaining huge muscles is a whole science, the approaches combine systems of training programmes and dietetic regimes. Also food additives, supplements and so on are used. For the average statistical fitness fans, whose objective is the maintaining of a beautiful and healthy body, the appropriately selected exercises with weights are an invaluable source of benefits for the body, both in a healthy and in an e