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Muscle cells burn calories for successful weight loss     Successful weight loss starts at the cellular level. Muscle cells burn the most calories, they are responsible for 90 percent of the calories we burn every day. Muscle cells make up most of our lean body weight and this accounts for a large proportion of energy burned in our basal metabolic rate. Our muscle cells burn more calories because they are responsible for every movement including subtle movements such as speaking, breathing and blinking. Muscle cells also need maintaining, proteins need to be replaced on a daily basis and energy systems must be prepared for contraction at any time. These processes all require energy so even at rest muscle cells constantly burn calories to maintain life. What it means For rapid weight loss it means we have more potential to burn calories than we think. We could burn more calories by: increasing movements - while watching TV we could flex muscles or constantly tap the foot increasing the speed of a muscle contraction will burn more calories * increasing the effort of  a muscle contractions burn more calories * increasing regularity of contractions burn more calories - this is important! increasing lean muscle - even moderate exercise will build a little muscle to help burn more calories climate change will burn calories  ** At this point  a simple conclusion could be that exercise burns more calories however exercising more regularly is not the simple solution for successful weight loss. For successful weight loss we need to burn more fat calories. To burn more fat calories muscle cells need to be exercised constantly for a longer duration because our energy system works like gears. Cells burn fat calories when in top gear   On starting any exercise the muscle cells utilise energy from limited stores of ATP (don't worry about technical terms you just need to understand the big picture presented here). The ATP stores only last a few seconds of an exercise. When these stores are depleted the cells start to burn calories from carbohydrates (anaerobic glycolysis) as this form of energy is easy to burn and readily available to the cell. How long anaerobic glycolysis or the "second gear" lasts depends on the individual and how he/she performs the exercise. If the exercise is performed too fast or with too much effort the second gear continues and cells burn more calories from carbohydrates however, if the exercise is performed in a steady, smooth motion the cells will switch to burn calories from stored fat. For most average people the exercise needs to be performed at a steady pace so cells can keep up with oxygen delivery. The cells require the presence of oxygen to burn fat calories effectively. Taking it easy stops you from developing an oxygen dept which force cells to burn calories from carbohydrates once more as it switches back to the second gear. It may take up to 5 minutes to reach the last, fat-burning gear as it really depends on fitness levels. Also to keep cells in the last gear requires movements to be constant, if the movements stop even for a short time it may cause the cells to switch back down a gear. Ever wondered why experts advice us to exercise aerobically for at least 20 minutes, this burns fat directly! We can burn fat indirectly by increasing metabolic rate through anaerobic exercises. Tom Venuto is a leading expert on the subject. He has taught thousands of people worldwide how to utilize fat stores indirectly.       * care should be taken when exercising this way, check with physician beforehand! ** although its possible to burn more calories when hot or cold you should not attempt to control the climate yourself!

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