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Strong muscles are metabolically hungrier so they burn more calories even during rest periods than weak, soft muscles. By making your body strong, you can eat more food without having to worry about it being stored as fat. Hungry muscles are the only thing that burns your body fat and having stronger muscles make them hungrier even when you are resting. The goal is to get stronger so you can metabolize every bit of the food you eat.

Experts say you need to do at least 10 strength-building exercises to keep your muscles firm, toned and strong.

• Find 10 strengthening exercises that use different muscle groups (major ones that move big body parts).
• Do the exercises against some kind of resistance that makes it hard to repeat 10 times.
• Do them at least twice a week.
• Once it becomes easy to repeat an exercise 10 times, use a slightly harder resistance.

Get started with a simple routine that is easy to remember. Later you can do slight variations on the basic routine and avoid boredom. My favorite top twelve exercises for the general public with no special needs are:

1. Stand-ups and sit-downs (squats)
2. Pull-downs, chin-ups, or high pulley pulls
3. Shoulder press
4. Step-ups (up about 8 inch steps)
5. Seated rows
6. Chest press (a.k.a. bench press)
7. Curls-ups on the ball
8. Lateral curl-up on the ball
9. Biceps flexions
10. Triceps extensions
11. Lateral rises
12. External rotation of hips

Eat Right and Exercise Regularly!
Alice