Hello everyone welcome back to fit body

Happy joints my name is Shannon today I want to do a short and sweet

podcast addressing feeling bigger after strength training and as much as I try to educate

about the importance of building muscle,

I still get a lot of questions about this, which goes to show that we need just like a short concise episode to send people

so that you can have a good understanding about why this may

happen and what to do about it. And I've done podcasts about this in the past, about like getting

bulky and things like that, but I want to explain this in a way that I haven't before,

and that will hopefully help you understand

and make decisions from an educated and empowered place.

Hopefully if you're a podcast listener or if you've been in our world for any length of time,

I've helped you understand the importance of having muscle mass and developing muscle mass.

Having more muscle mass goes beyond aesthetics. It goes beyond improving your body

composition. It goes beyond looking quote unquote toned. It literally helps build a

healthier body from the inside out. It helps build a stronger metabolism. It helps with

insulin sensitivity which can improve your risk of developing all kinds of

diseases. It is anti-aging. It can be anti-aging for your skin. It can help with mental health. I could go on and on and on.

But there's a reality that people want to be healthy but they also might have a set of goals.

And I think in this industry sometimes we healthy, but they also might have aesthetic goals.

And I think in this industry, sometimes we separate those two

as being mutually exclusive.

You either care about your health

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