Muscular fitness

Muscular fitness is another one of our main areas that make up a balanced workout routine. The more muscle you have the more calories they burn. So by regularly doing strength training we can help reduce body fat. Building muscles will help to protect our joints from injury by keep them stable and in line. It will also help us in our day to day life, carrying groceries, lifting our kids, moving a box of files, putting the water bottle on the water cooler, etc.

I know that most people think about going to the gym when they think of muscular fitness but if you have been with me since the beginning you will know that there are other things you can do beside traditional weights at the gym. Are own body weight works great for most people. I was doing push-ups, crunches, pull-ups and leg squats. Once I get strong enough that I need to add weight I ordered a resistance bands kit. I know I could order a full set of Olympic weight but I want to keep this with in the $$$ reach of anyone reading this. I bought the GoFit Ultimate ProGym with DVD for $30. What I liked most about this is the fact that more then one band can hook to the handles so you can combine the bands to get higher weights.