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Metabolic benefits of using light weights in your exercise program
Fueling the engine Consider metabolism as the engine of your car and the food you eat as the fuel. Are you giving your engine high or low quality fuel? Metabolism helps determine your body’s performance in relation to how it uses the fuel you consume. In fact, it’s the storage of fuel that leads to weight gain. Your metabolism is also responsible for whether or not the energy from the food you eat will be released for use by your body, right away, or stored in your tissues. The process of catabolism allows your body to use the energy right away while anabolism builds new cells and rejuvenates existing ones, storing…