Monday, January 30, 2012

Drop Some Weight Courtesy Of Acquiring And Maintaining Strength

By Ferne Mellom


The best way for you to lose weight is by actually putting on weight. Muscle that is, because it increases your fat burn immensely. But you have to be smart, because lifting weights will not be enough to see you lose weight in the long term, but actually quite the opposite.

The only way that you can actually lose weight is to burn calories and in turn force your body to burn fat. The thing that does this the best is always going to be cardiovascular activity.

You've got to build those muscles up, if you want to get a lean but cut body. Otherwise you're just going to be thin, but there's not really going to be a whole lot of tone which can be a problem.

If you want to maximize your calorie burn, lift weights. Your body will need to burn more when you are building muscle, and the muscles that you develop will in turn need more calories as well.

The difference that weight lifting makes to a routine is building muscle. The more muscle that you can build, the better results that you're going to have in the long term. That's because it forces your body to burn a heck of a lot more calories.

Plus having more muscle means that you benefit from cardio a lot more. It works your body, and you're also going to be able to go longer. With stronger muscles, cardio activities won't cause you to fatigue as quickly.

Higher intensity, or more time committed is always going to equal more calories, so this is a part of that strategy. Muscle building is really essential if you want to get fit.

When you combine all of these factors, you're really going to lose weight, and you'll be capable of burning fat at a rate like you won't believe until you really get down to work for the first time.




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