Metabolism is the rate at which our body burns calories, to keep moving, repair body tissue and to concentrate daily our bodies need calories. Metabolism is the key to long term sustainable results as a body with an increased metabolism burns on average more calories daily will tend to have less fat mass and more lean mass. Metabolism can be affected by gender, genetics and age but there are tactics we can apply in order to keep our metabolism increasing and run at an optimum rate.

40 days of eating a balanced diet and introducing both resistance training and cardio interval training into daily life will seriously boost metabolism and turn your body into an efficient calorie burning machine to ensure you get lean and stay there. If we go long hours without eating our body enters a state of starvation or catabolism. Here are the five main ways to keep your metabolism in tip-top shape.

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