Muscle vs. Fat  We’ve all heard the saying that muscle is heavier than fat.  The fact of the matter is one pound of muscle is equal to one pound of fat.  The difference is in the composition of the two substances.  Lean muscle is woven together more tightly where fat is looser and takes up more room.  So, one cubic inch of muscle does indeed weigh more than one cubic inch of fat.   When we workout we don’t actually convert fat to muscle,  we build lean muscle mass and the fat remains unless we partake in a healthy fat-reduction diet.   A healthier overall body composition can be obtained if we combine resistance exercise with cardio and a healthy weight-loss menu as this will reduce our body fat and increase our lean muscle mass. 

Which of the two photos at the right more closely depicts your current condition?  Is this consistent with your fitness goal?

Body Type is a way to describe your natural shape.  Dependent upon your genetics, your eating habits, and exercise routine, you can modify your shape to have the optimum natural form for you.  Media influences cause many of us to have an unrealistic image of what our body should look like.  Magazine covers and fitness commercials promise perfect abs if you just buy the right product.  But the truth of the matter is that it takes WORK.  You must be willing to change your eating habits and do the daily exercises to reach your fitness goal.

Endo, Ecto, Meso are terms which refer to the three different body types.

An Endomorph has a round body shape with increased fat storage, a wide waist, and large bones. 
The Ectomorph has a very lean body shape characterized by long, thin muscles, very low fat storage, and small bones.
The Mesomorph has medium bone structure, a solid torso, fat storage can be high or low, and the body shape tends to have wide shoulders with a narrow waist.