Body Composition is the main component to focus on for fat loss, gaining lean muscle and improving your overall health. What exactly is body composition? Body composition is a combination of your body fat percentage, skeletal muscle mass along with your body weight. If you can focus on these main components you have nailed most of the components to a lean and toned physique along with an overall healthy and strong body. If you focus on body composition over just weight loss, you may never hit a plateau and will receive every health and fitness benefit that you want. During a Body Composition Assessment with new clients I go into detail about how to achieve them by weighing them on my InBody 270 Body Composition Scale.

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WEIGHT:

Everything starts with a healthy weight. A healthy weight allows you to have more energy, balanced hormones, less aches and pains and an overall healthier mind and body. If you are more than 25+ pounds overweight then weight loss should be your main goal and everything you do should support this goal. Once my clients tell me their desired weight goal I am able to design a weight loss meal plan based on their BMR (basal metabolic rate.)

Knowing their metabolic rate from the InBody scale allows me to put them in an exact caloric deficit, not guessing how much they calories they should be eating. As my clients start to lose weight and I track their progress, their metabolic rate should increase at which time I can increase their calories.

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SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS:

Skeletal muscle mass is the total muscle mass in your body. By having more muscle mass, it makes your health and fitness goals easier and faster to accomplish. The more muscle you can gain allows you to get a more defined and toned physique, along with getting better workouts. Muscle is a fuel and if I meet a client with more muscle I know they can accomplish more in a shorter amount of time. Additionally, the more muscle mass you have, the lower your body fat percentage will be. The average percentage for men and women's muscle mass is: 38.4% for men and 30.6% for women.

Knowing your muscle mass will also determine where your current health is and how long it will take you to achieve your goals. Using the InBody 270 scale allows me to show my clients specifically the areas of their lean muscle mass individually in their arms, legs and torso. The importance for improving your skeletal muscle mass are strength and mobility, improved metabolism, bone and joint health along with reduced risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers.

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BODY FAT PERCENTAGE:

‍Body fat percentage is the best way to determine your overall health and fitness. The reason  is because with an unhealthy body fat percentage it is a reflection of your lifestyle. If you body fat is high that is one reason to make a change. If you are already making changes then your body fat percentage will decrease and will impact you in every possible way.

One of the two ways to measure obesity is by body fat percentage; men are considered obese over 25% and women are considered obese over 30%. If you want to look and feel better the easiest way is by dropping your body fat percentage. Tracking my clients body fat percentage is a key determiner in keeping them on track of their goals. Lowering your body fat percentage will decrease your rate of many illnesses such as: heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer.

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KEYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BODY COMPOSITION:

You can actually improve on all areas of your body composition in a very manageable and attainable way. Start by getting a body composition weigh-in and then work with someone that has the knowledge of strength training and nutrition to come up with a plan for you, along with holding you accountable. My clients respect my honesty of telling them exactly where they are and what they need to do to accomplish their goals. When it comes to workouts, you can actually get the most results from full body strength training workouts without any cardio. Divide your workouts into multiple muscle groups throughout the week.

Fuel your body, fuel your life! Nutrition is how much your body can recover and keep having amazing workouts, along with your energy. Most people do not need motivation, they just need to eat healthier. I highly recommend a diet high in protein, along with healthy fat and carbohydrates low on the glycemic index. Eat your fruits and vegetables and treat your body how you want to feel. Stay away from fast food, consuming alcohol and tobacco, and processed food.

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LET ME HELP YOU:

Schedule your individualized Body Composition Consultation to get started.