What Amps your Metabolism

JennaM222

fitsugar.com

Start or amp up your strength training. If you're a cardio girl through and through, you've probably heard people telling you that you should add weight training to your routine. That's because muscles burn calories at a higher rate than fat, so your metabolism will be getting a bigger boost the more muscle mass you have. Already incorporating strength training without seeing any more results? Try amping up your routine, switching the type of workout, or adding a yoga or Pilates class to your routine.

Get working on those intervals. There are many benefits to interval training, like better endurance, stamina, and speed, not to mention increased fat burning, so if you haven't incorporated interval training into your routine, now's the time to start! Here are some interval workouts to get you started.

Eat the right foods. Slow-burning protein keeps you feeling full, and not only that, it increases your metabolic rate as well, since your body is working to digest all that nutritionally rich food. Check out more foods you should eat to increase your metabolism here.

Eat at the right time. It's not just what you eat, it's when. Eating breakfast shortly after you wake up, for example, is one of the most important dietary practices you can make when you want to up your metabolism. So make sure you eat breakfast as soon as possible, and eat at regular intervals so you keep your metabolism revved up.


If you want to boost your metabolism, don't let yourself get too hungry — you'll not only be more susceptible to your cravings, for one, but also importantly, your metabolism will slow down to compensate for the lack of energy you're providing your body. While a little hunger can be good — it signals that your body is efficiently using up nutrient resources — forgetting to eat or otherwise taking too long between meals does the exact opposite to your metabolism than you want, so make sure to eat up!

ehaynesworth1986

Thankyou for this! Just reading this has made me more excited about my choice of a healthy lifestyle

heaverchell

Great information, thank you for sharing

kellyyjean

Bump

griselda81

Thank you for sharing. I'm glad I did some Yoga yesterday

Egger29

Fish Oil supplementation from a solid source derived from Salmon, Anchovy, Makerel and/or Crill is also a HUGE metabolic booster. Liquid form is best (Not Cod Liver Oil however), but in a capsule you want the DHA and EHA content to total at least 300mg / capsule. Capsules are generally about 1000mg each. Dosage of 6-10g / day have shown to bring about a metabolic boost of about 400 calories/day.

This comes from a direct correlation to the fluidity of cellular membrance in the body, allowing for energy transfer to occure more easily at the cellular level, thus speeding up the exchange of nutrients in the body.

Ref: Dr John Berardi - PrecicionNutrition.com or "The Metabolic Advantage".
Also: http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-fish-oil by Ryan Andrews