Steroids Done Right

If you really want to get a lean and toned body, you have to increase the amount of calories you burn around the clock. How so? By raising your basal metabolic rate.

You might be a little confused, however. After all, every single new product that hits the market claims to be the next best thing for raising BMR.

Thus, here are 6 things that affect how many calories you burn around the clock:

1. Age. As you age, BMR goes down. Why? Because you lose muscle mass. What’s the best way to prevent this? With resistance training. A solid resistance training program will do wonders for your BMR in additional to your hormonal profile.

2. Body composition. The more lean tissue the more calories you’ll burn around the clock. Again, building lean tissue will keep that BMR full blast. And if you feed the mitochondria in your lean tissue the right nutrients, you’ll burn even more calories.

3. A high fever. A strong fever will also raise your BMR. Does this mean you should try to get sick? Absolutely not! But it doesn’t hurt to know the facts.

4. Stress hormones. The release of stress hormones, mainly from the adrenals, will also increase the amount of calories you burn. Keep in mind, however, that over the long run stress will have a negative impact through a suppressed immune system and muscle loss.

5. Going from cold to hot. Any time you go from a cold environment to a hot environment, and vice versa, your BMR goes up. Your body has to adjust to the temperature differential and you burn more calories.

6. Starvation. The hormones released from a period of fasting or starvation will lower your BMR. And this happens very quickly. So never go more than a couple hours between meals, five hours max.

Discovering how to optimize your BMR is the best thing you can do to ensure fat loss success. After all, your BMR has the biggest influence on how many calories your burn on a daily basis. So ignore the hype and stick to the proven facts.