The misconceptions regarding muscles

Its been a long time since I posted up here. I was rather surprised to come across a number of misconceptions regarding building muscle, even if it is not for bodybuilding competitions. While some assume that building muscle leads to baldness (due to an increase in testosterone levels when training with weights), other believe that it is more important to REDUCE WEIGHT ON THE SCALE THAN, NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN IF IT IS DONE AT THE RISK OF LOSING MUSCLE MASS. If you are someone who supports such theories then let me show you what you are headed for :

Sure, this guy will be able to wear anything he wants to and he may seem perfectly fit or thin to you but the truth is what is evident in the picture. This is known as the skinny-fat syndrome. It is not very easy to get out of such a situation. The only way to get out of this is to re-gain the weight lost, in a healthy manner, and then manipulate your metabolism from there on. What was all the effort, to starve yourself, for then?
As was stated above, the only way that one can get out of this conundrum is to gain weight and to do so in a healthy manner with a healthy diet plan and a healthy mind-set. Therefore, muscle must be gained to prevent you from falling prey to such a physique: where you merely create the illusion that you are thin.http://stronglifts.com/how-to-lose-the-skinny-fat-look-forever/.
The link that I have attached above is a mere summary of how you can save yourselves from this dilemma and I intend to elaborate upon this summary, in my own way.

The benefits of building muscle

Hey guys. So, the blog's title says it all. Most people build muscle without knowing the advantages of doing so. Then, there are people who don't believe in the need to build their bodies. They think that bodybuilding is something which only professionals do to compete and that those professionals do it to earn money or because it was too difficult for people to do anything else. Alas, noone knows the advantages of building muscle.


Alas, the benefits of building muscle are often ignored. I make diets for people and some of them are opposed to going to the gym. They believe that increased testosterone levels could make their hair fall or that lifting heavy weights would stunt their growth or that they would have to drink crazy amounts of protein shakes to get a muscular body. Well, let me tell you something: these are all myths!
There's this thing known as Lean Body Mass (LBM). When you go to gym and eat the right foods, you are increasing your LBM. As a result what happens is that you pack on muscle and increasing your LBM, via building muscles, increases your metabolism and helps your body trim off the fat. You know of that "softness" that your body acquires at a certain point and when a certain part of your body tends to jiggle? Thats because you have a low LBM. A low LBM means that you hardly have any muscle at all.
There was this one client that I had. He refused to go the gym. I gave him the perfect diet, honest. So, the nutrition part was all good. After 5 weeks he lost 8 pounds which is healthy. However, his waist was stuck at 33-34 which was what it always was. Why? Because he wasn't building any muscle!
You need to tone your body and tighten it up. Yes, you can lose fat and look good on a good diet. But if you won't build any muscle you won't see that waist decrease. Your body will still be soft despite the loss of weight. Building muscle would firm up your body and give you that toned look you want. Isn't that amazing? Only an hour at gym could help you transform you physique and self-confidence. An increase in the LBM will mean that you'll be able to eat larger amounts of food and still look good! ALL THAT BECAUSE OF MUSCLE!
Besides, who doesn't want a good, lean, chiseled and firm body?