Regardless of your fitness ability, both individual goals of stripping down body fat and adding muscle to your frame is hard work. It may come easier for some given their genetic disposition, but both are tough tasks that should not be taken lightly. For new exercisers who have a great deal of body fat to lose, the reduction in weight may seem to come almost effortlessly. However, for your intermediate to advanced fitness people out there, losing those last stubborn pounds of body fat can be tough. Similarily, adding muscle to a frame that is already fairly built up, is harder than adding muscle to a frame that lacks muscle to begin with.