subject: Set Training Goals To Improve Your Overall Physique [print this page] When it comes to improving your body physique it is important that you determine your goals first. Your goal could either be to lose weight or to gain weight. We all want to improve our body physique so that we can look good. Improving our body physique also enables us to increase our level of self confidence and self esteem. You should know however that sometimes it takes time before your body can start to transform. This is especially true if your genes are not responding fast. You should however not be tempted into using steroids so that you can realize fast body transformation. The reason is because steroids could lead to the following side effects; shrinking of the testicles, growth of breasts, low sperm count, decrease in sex drive, impotence, baldness,: women on the other hand experience the following side effects, enlargement of the clitoris, growth of facial hair, there voice breaks and they start talking like men, irregularity in there menses, and baldness, enlargement of the heart, stiffening of the arteries, enlargement of the prostrate, liver conditions, acne, heart ailments , kidney problems and muscle tear, people become aggressive, suicidal, and depressed.
If you are overweight and you want to lose weight you should avoid steroids. The fad diets usually recommend that you drastically reduce your calorie intake. When this happens your body will go into starvation mode. The body starts burning muscles instead of fat when it's in starvation mode so that it can be able to preserve energy. Since you are losing muscles your body metabolism will slow down and therefore your body will not be able to burn a lot of calories. Your lean body muscles play a very major role when it comes to losing weight because they affect the rate of metabolism. The more lean muscles you have the faster your rate of metabolism and the more calories your body will be able to burn. In order to lose weight you should eat a proper balanced diet so that your body does not go into starvation mode. You need to perform weight training exercises as well as aerobic exercises to rev your body metabolism.
If you are skinny and you want to increase your body mass you should use the natural approach which does not entail any steroid use. You need to increase the frequency of your food intake. You are not supposed to follow the norm of three meals instead you should eat around five meals in a day. This will enable you to increase your calories which are very essential in increasing your muscle mass. Your diet needs also to be very balanced. You should also train using weights so that you can increase your muscles mass. If you are not ready to train intensely, then you will not be able to increase your muscle mass. You should also avoid aerobic exercises because they will make you lose calories which are important in order to gain body mass.
