Is your epidermis showing?

Hi Jared,

When I was a kid one of my friends used to go around
cracking a joke and saying "hey, your epidermis is
showing!".

Most kids had no idea that epidermis simply meant your skin,
so you can imagine that this joke created instant terror in
the minds of some of my childhood pals. Yeah, my buddy even
got me with this one.

But the role your epidermis, or skin, plays in your ability
to burn fat is no laughing matter. In fact, did you know
that when you burn fat, most of it is eliminated through
your skin? Let me explain...(please forgive the rudimentary
science lesson ;-))

You see, when we're burning fat, we're burning stored
calories. And calories are simply a measure of energy, or
more specifically heat energy.

Now, years ago, our good pal Albert Einstein showed us that
energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.

Plants get energy through photosynthesis. Animals get this
energy by eating the plants or other animals. Humans get
this energy by eating animals and plants. Yeah, I'm
talking about the energy cycle here.

So when you burn fat, you are burning heat energy, and this
must be transferred out of your body and back into the
energy cycle. And about 75% of this heat transfer occurs
through the layers of your skin. (About 15% transfers
through your urine, which is another reason why increase
water consumption helps you transfer more fat from your
body).

How do we apply this knowledge to burn more fat faster?

Well, we can improve the effectiveness of this fat transfer
by dressing in cooler clothes, not wearing hats, going
barefoot more often, and not bundling up with blankets.
Basically, anything to give our skin the best chance to
transfer the body fat we are working so hard to burn.

So make it easier on yourself, let your skin do its job of
transferring your stored body fat back into the energy
cycle, and you'll be leaner faster.

While this may seem a little weird, you now know that
shedding some clothes can actually help you shed body
fat...cool huh?

OK, we'll talk soon...

Here's to getting lean, strong, and healthy for life,
Rob Poulos
Zero to Hero Fitness