So many people want to lose weight but not so often I hear people wanting to lose fat. When I was young I did lots of cardio in hope of being skinny, that was a long time ago. Now I mainly do weight baring exercise to be strong and injury free. I often ask people what are their goal and I am in shock each time I hear someone saying they want to be skinny. I believe strong is the new skinny and they are so many advantage to be strong and healthy. First lets clarify muscle versus fat.
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Myth: Muscle weight more than fat</h3>
<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Muscle-versus-fat.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-912 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Muscle-versus-fat-300x231.jpg" alt="Muscle versus fat" width="300" height="231" /></a>

So many people say muscle weight more than fat. Actually that not true. 1 pounds of muscle and 1 pounds of fat weight the same. Although its not the same density. Look at picture at see how much more space fat take compare to muscle. That why you should not worry about the scale when you start workout out but see result by how your cloth suit you. So the goal is the change your body composition by having more muscle and less fat.
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Body composition affect the way you look</h3>
<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Body-composition.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-910 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Body-composition.jpg" alt="Body composition" width="225" height="225" /></a>

This picture show a men and women on 2 different row having the same weight but with different body composition. The % written above them is for the fat percentage they have. So as you can see, because an image is worth a thousand word, having more muscle versus fat can affect your body image a lot. Some of you might already wonder how do I know how much body fat my body carry. There are a fews different way.
<h3 style="text-align: center;">How do you mesure body fat?</h3>
The most accurate one is body submersion also call hydrostatic weighing. "Hydrostatic weighing, also referred to as underwater weighing, hydrostatic body composition analysis,and hydrodensitometry, is a <a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/19-de-cote-grande-taille-reduit-copy-2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-467 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/19-de-cote-grande-taille-reduit-copy-2-140x300.jpg" alt="19- de cote grande taille reduit copy 2" width="140" height="300" /></a>technique for measuring the mass per unit volume of a living person's body. " Wikipedia Not many people can afford that and this helped design other way of knowing someone fat percentage. For example using a fat caliper; most <a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/personaltraining/">personal </a><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/personaltraining/">training</a> use this tool to help their client access fat percentage. An other way is using a biometrical impedance scale, if you want to know more about them, check this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioelectrical_impedance_analysis">wikipedia link</a>. I have used a fews different varieties of theses scale and I am not convince how accurate they are, so many thing can interfere in the reading. When I did my body fitness competition I was so surprise that my weight on scale didn't change. I might had lost 1-2 pounds, but my body composition was changing. I didn't use any fancy tool to mesure my fat percentage. I actually only use my eyes and the eyes of my trainer at the time, Isabelle Vincent.

This will be part of the <a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/8-week-online-program/">8 week online program</a> with biweekly group workshop.

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