There is a fancy measuring machine in the gym I work with a few clients at…
It looks like an arcade machine, but you step aboard it (with no socks on)…
And it takes 14 different measurements.
Including weight, body fat, water, muscle weight, visceral fat (intra abdominal fat) and loads more…
But what is the one that everyone I observe pays the most attention to?
More than all the others?
That are far more scientific.
Something called “Metabolic Age”.
Above is a little picture of my results, my metabolic age on the right. 28. Not bad eh seeing as I am currently 43.
Now I don’t point that out to boast, well not totally.
See I want you to take me seriously too 🙂
Even my little portable scales measure metabolic age too.
The other readings to me mean far more, but can be a bit confusing and hard to relate to.
The Metabolic age one is simple.
If your metabolic age is younger than your actual age – happy days!
If it’s higher – not so good.
In fact bit of a shock for some.
Again wierdly more so than the other numbers.
What it is measuring is the breakdown of the human body and it’s components that burn the most calories.
For example, Fat does not burn many calories as it’s more of an energy storage and Muscle burns lots of calories.
Then comparing it against the average for that age.
Now if you have genetics on your side, then that can help.
Do you know your metabolic age?
How do you change it for the better?
The same way you change all apects of your health.
It’s a healthy lifestyle innit?
All of those things that make up a healthy lifestyle.
This backs up what I keep rambling on about fat loss, not weight loss.
Using metabolic age, there is a different way of putting it across…
Not to prove a point, but because it’s important to health and the way you look and feel.
You can have two people the same weight and height…
BUT THEIR METABOLIC AGE CAN BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT!
When your metabolic age is higher than your actual age, it also flags up a few things that need changing for the sake of your health.
So keep reading for a whole host of tips to lower your metabolic age and in fact just feel way more youthful than your actual age in the upcoming posts.
Any questions, reply.
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Ed ( So is your metabolic age more hip, hip hip horay! Or hip, hip, hip replacement?) Stride.
