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weight. Rather than focus on those last
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pounds to reach some
composition by adding strength trainingto yourfitness routine.
Such a change will help alteryour body’s ratio of lean tissue to fat
tissue. The net result will be that you will more easily fit into your
‘skinny jeans” and look better in your bathing suit, because muscle
tissue with its greater density takes up less space than fat tissue.
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Chief science officer for the American Council
on Exercise in San Diego, Cedric Bryant holds
a master’s degree in exercise science and
a doctorate in physiology. He believes it’s
important to keep the fun in fitness by
finding activities and workouts you enjoy.
CEDRIC BRYANT, PH
N IG H T T IM E ’S N O T
T H E R IG H T T IM E
Sneaking midnight snacks, even low-cal bites, may throw off your
circadian rhythms enough to cause weight gain. A study—of mice—was
prompted by overweight shift workers whose schedules force them to eat
at times that conflict with their natural body rhythms. Mice fed a high-fat
diet duringtypical sleeping hours increased their weight by
48
percent,
while mice eating the same diet during their waking hours had a
20
percent weight gain. “ Better timing of meals could be a critical
element in slowing the ever-increasing incidence of obesity,” says
Fred Turek, Ph.D., director of the Center for Sleep and
Circadian Biology at Northwestern University.
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