The Road to Healthier, Better, Leaner Physique ( I )
Rise and Shine! We gonna go Jogging!
People seeking fat loss solution like to do jogging in the morning after they rise and shine.
It is ok to do so. But the problem is that they do such activity on an empty stomach.
Aren't we supposed to exercise on an empty stomach when trying to burn fats?
Yes, partly right!
Remember that you have gone through the entire night without any intake of foods. During these 7-8 hours your muscles are sleeping as well.
Well, not really. They are not!
Unlike fat cells, muscle cells require incessant feeding to survive. They will keep burning calories even when you are sleeping.
So, by the time you wake up, your muscle cells and liver glycogen stores are empty. Empty of what?
Remember that the body uses ATP to walk, run, read and anything. And ATP is generated from glucose.
Your muscle cells usually contain glucose, so does the liver. Glycogen stored in the liver comes of glucose.
Ok, we now see what is glycogen and also realize that muscle cells and liver store glucose to generate ATP so that the body can use it to function.
When these guys are empty in the morning, how are you gonna jog ? walk ? talk ? read ?
Well, since there is no glucose stored in muscle cells and liver, they body will start breaking down your muscle proteins ( muscle cells ) into Amino Acids. These amino acids will then be converted into glucose in order for the body to produce ATP.
Now, you are losing muscles! The more activities you do, the more muscle proteins will be depleted.
Rise and Shine! We gonna go Jogging!
People seeking fat loss solution like to do jogging in the morning after they rise and shine.
It is ok to do so. But the problem is that they do such activity on an empty stomach.
Aren't we supposed to exercise on an empty stomach when trying to burn fats?
Yes, partly right!
Remember that you have gone through the entire night without any intake of foods. During these 7-8 hours your muscles are sleeping as well.
Well, not really. They are not!
Unlike fat cells, muscle cells require incessant feeding to survive. They will keep burning calories even when you are sleeping.
So, by the time you wake up, your muscle cells and liver glycogen stores are empty. Empty of what?
Remember that the body uses ATP to walk, run, read and anything. And ATP is generated from glucose.
Your muscle cells usually contain glucose, so does the liver. Glycogen stored in the liver comes of glucose.
Ok, we now see what is glycogen and also realize that muscle cells and liver store glucose to generate ATP so that the body can use it to function.
When these guys are empty in the morning, how are you gonna jog ? walk ? talk ? read ?
Well, since there is no glucose stored in muscle cells and liver, they body will start breaking down your muscle proteins ( muscle cells ) into Amino Acids. These amino acids will then be converted into glucose in order for the body to produce ATP.
Now, you are losing muscles! The more activities you do, the more muscle proteins will be depleted.
Losing muscles = Higher difficulty in losing fat
Muscles are the ones that burn calories. Just having more muscles makes it easier for you to build bigger ones and lose fat. Also these guys are associated with anabolic hormones which play major roles in fat loss and muscle building.
Physical Stress = Higher difficulty in losing fat
Also, when you see skinny fat people, recognize that they have this hormone in constantly elevated state. They have skinny hands, body and legs but they have this tummy.
When we wake up in the morning, stress hormone cortisol and another hormone dopamine are high in level to drive us into action. We will feel awake, enegertic and are ready to get going bcos of them.
So, the bottom line is that we need these guys to be awake and active but skyrocketing them by doing physical activities before eating any meal of the day is unwise and will fail to get desired results. In stead, we will face the adverse effects.
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