So many people want to lose weight but not so often I hear people wanting to lose fat. When I was young I dod 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.

<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>Clients often tell me they just want to lose 5 or 10 pounds to “lean out.” (Sound familiar?) But you’ve probably heard the old “muscle weighs more than fat” line. While that’s not technically true (a pound is a pound), it is true that a pound of muscle is denser and takes up less space than a pound of fat. So if your goal is to shed pounds, you really should be aiming to lose body fat and gain (or retain) muscle. Essentially, you’re hoping to shift your body composition and lower your body fat percentage. You can measure this in a number of ways: You can ask a trainer at your gym to test it using skinfold calipers, you can try a body-comp scale or monitor that uses bioimpedance (where you stand on or hold metal pads and a current determines your body composition), or you can go to a special lab for a more accurate (though pricier) air- or water-displacement test. Keep in mind that the first two options aren’t 100-percent accurate, but as long as the measurements are done under the same general conditions, you’ll be able to get a pretty good look at your progress.