The Role of Genetics in Fitness
Genetics can be a blessing, a curse, or both. Although there are many benefits to exercising, including being able to change the way your body looks, your genetics play a role in the overall results of your physique. Have you ever known a "skinny/fat" person that can eat whatever they want, and does, but stays skinny, doesn't gain weight, and doesn't display obvious fat on their body? And if you ever met their family, you noticed that there are more people like them? Why couldn't I have been born into this family momma? LOL. There is also the family that accumulates fat in their lower back, some families with big hips, some families with double chins, and the families with fat in their abdomens. The latter is my family. My mother, her brother and sister, and their father all had the infamous stomach belly ball. You know, the roundness in the lower area of the stomach. I eventually learned that my digestive tract also impacts my stomach bulgeness, but that's a