Burning Fat

Burning Fat
Generally, many people will do cardio exercises and forget
all about weight training exercises when it comes to
burning fat. A lot of trainers swear that aerobic
exercises burn off fat and weightlifting is only used to
build muscle. This isn't entirely correct, however,
because the more muscle mass one builds, the more one will
burn fat calories, even at rest. There is a growing trend
from cardiovascular to weight training exercises.

According to a study by the Fitness Products Council and
Sporting Goods Manufacturers, the number of people lifting
free weights has increased 76 percent in the past decade.
Currently, weightlifting is among the most popular sports
in North America. This change is for the best because
cardiovascular activity combined with weight training will
result in much more effective fat loss. Cardiovascular
exercises will raise muscle metabolism during the activity
and for a short time after the exercise session. (see
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On the other hand, weight lifting exercises, will raise
your muscle metabolism during the exercise session, and for
a long time after the exercise session. Some high intensity
trainers have even seen their metabolism rise for several
days following their training session. Performing adequate
weight training exercises should limit your repetitions
anywhere from 1 to 20, in general. This kind of resistance
on muscles will make their tissue leaner and stronger. The
muscle development will take place during the rest period
following the resistance training. This is why sufficient
rest periods are essential.

Whether your goal is to tone up or build muscle, it is
important to know what happens during the muscle training
process. When lifting weights, muscle tissues are torn
apart (at the cellular level) from the stress, and it's in
the recuperation period that your muscles become stronger
and therefore able to support the extra stress. Usually the
recuperation period required is 24 to 48 hours after the
weight lifting activity.

During the recuperation period, the muscle metabolism is
still burning energy, and that's when it's time to perform
cardiovascular activities. Carrying out high repetitions of
the same movement will tire the body on a different basis.
Combining low repetition exercises (weight lifting) with
high repetition cardiovascular exercise will stress muscles
in a complementary way to increase the total fat burning
effect.

Anybody who debates the fact that weight bearing exercises
don't help people lose weight and fat should lift weights
for an hour and see their heart rate go through the roof.
One only needs to look at athletes who specialize in short,
intense bursts of energy and you still see that they are
very low in body fat.

The point is to combine a weightlifting routine with a good
cardio workout to increase muscle metabolism and total fat
burning efficiency.

It's important to remember that when trying to lose weight,
lots of muscle mass can be lost in the process. With
muscle mass keeping your metabolism high, you should try to
avoid quick weight loss through fad diets or starvation.
This weight loss will be regained just as fast. Instead, go
for a gradual fat loss routine by combining weight training
and cardiovascular activities, while allowing muscle mass
to build up and increase your metabolism. It will take
longer to get results but they will also last a lot longer.

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