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Genetics, hormones and age all three play a role in the way your body stores and loses fat.

Contrary to common belief, lifting weights does not make a woman bulky.  Instead, strength training is the fastest way to tone a female body and to permanently raise her metabolism.

It is impossible to spot reduce the abdominal area through exercise.  To reduce abdominal fat, one must eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly.

One pound of muscle burns about 50 calories per day

The best way to tone your body is not only through exercise but through eating a healty diet, too.  Exercise alone will not get you all the way to your goal.

Not only does strength training tone muscle, but it also helps to provide better coordination and balance.  Both of the benefits are extremely important, especially as one ages.

It is impossible to spot reduce the thigh and hip area through exercise.  Instead, one must eat a healthy diet and build muscle uniformly.  Muscle raises metabolism and helps to burn off fat.

It is a normal to lose muscle mass, strength and function as one ages.  That is why strength training is an important part of a fitness regime as one ages. 

It is important to include regular strength training workouts as one ages not only to prevent loss of muscle but also because strength training helps to prevent osteoparosis, heart disease and the risk of diabetes.

When strength training, microscopic tears in the muscle occur.  The healing of these tears is what creates muscle growth. This is why one is to wait at least 48 hours between strength training the same muscle group - this gives the muscle time to properly heal.