You all have a super hero inside your body and that super hero is your muscle mass!! Why is it a super hero? The function of your muscle mass is astounding and mind blowing, let’s dig in and find out the WHY.

YOUR muscle mass increases basal metabolic rate (BMI).

It takes more energy for YOUR body to maintain muscle than fat.

As you increase your muscle mass the body burns more calories or energy.

A higher BMI means that the more muscle you have the more YOU will burn calories at rest as well.

Muscles are a MOP. YOU read that right, muscles are a mop.

They suck up any extra blood sugar in your body.

More muscle increases YOUR insulin receptors and your GLUT-4 transporters.

What does that mean? The more muscle YOU have the better glucose or blood sugar metabolism YOU will have.

The more muscle mass you have the more MYOKINES you release into the body. Myokines are anti-inflammatory agents.

Cytokines are released from YOUR fat cells and those produce inflammatory agents.

Most health issues are caused by too much inflammation. So by reducing inflammation (FAT) and adding more anti-inflammatory agents (MUSCLE) you stay healthier.

Here are few more things more muscle mass does for YOU:

Improves hormonal regulation // As we age we naturally start becoming less and less insulin sensitive. We become more insulin resistant.

One way to combat that is by keeping your muscle mass.

Insulin balances out your hormones and keeps them regulated. The more muscle YOU have the better insulin sensitive YOU are, the more insulin sensitive YOU are, the better hormone regulated YOU are.

Conclusion:

By YOU increasing YOUR muscle mass YOU increase that Super Hero within YOUR body.

Through strength training and regular exercise YOU enhance YOUR insulin sensitivity and YOU manage YOUR blood sugar levels.

This helps prevent type 2 diabetes, reduces inflammation, improves glucose uptake, manages YOUR blood sugar, and leads to better metabolic health and overall well being.

I encourage YOU to start, if YOU haven’t already, to add at least 2 days a week of strength training into YOUR life. Or hire a personal trainer so YOU can have eyeballs on YOU to be able to strength train right with proper form.

Let’s get healthy.

Enjoy!!