How much does weight lifting benefit metabolism/weight loss?
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at
1:36 am
Hi, I have been doing weight training every day for a while now, arms one day chest the next etc, and I was just wondering how much weight training benefits fat loss (if at all). Thanks!
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Weight lifting is great for fat loss, but you should be doing cardio also. Weight lifting increases your metabolism and your energy throughout the day. You actually burn just about as many calories lifting weights as you do running. One of the things is you have to incorporate both. weight lifting alone wont help you lose that much weight. Cardio and proper diet are the 2 key things to fat loss.
As long as you burn more calories then you eat, you will lose weight. But that doesn’t mean stop eating, or eat once a day. That’s awful for your body and will actually have the reverse effect. When your body doesn’t get enough calories during the day it goes into storage mode, and will actually keep your fat cells, and get rid of your muscle cells first.
I don’t know your body type, or how much you want to lose. But weight training def helps.
Weight lifting is the single greatest beneficial thing you can do to promote fat loss, other than controlling your dietary intake. However, take note that your actual weight may increase because muscle weighs more than fat. Instead of using a scale to gauge your progress, use a measuring tape, or your belt, as muscle takes up much less space than fat. Weight Lifting will increase your metabolism if used by itself; however, for the best results, add some cardio (in the form of treadmill or bike) to your workout as well. Remember, long sustained cardio is better for fat loss than hardcore aerobic cardio, which is better for overall metabolismm.
I have been through it all and know what’s it about. The main thing is to stick in there. You can’t be an addict to food and never exercise if you want to live a healthy life and keep the weight off. I’ve worked out, done every diet, and all types of classes.
Nothing works, besides dedication and intelligence towards the subject of losing weight.
First, depending on how much weight you need to lose, your diet is the first concern. You can’t eat 10,000 calories a day and expect the weight to come off, even if you are exercising a lot. Which brings us to the next thing. Duh, Exercising…
This is a must especially if you need to a lot of weight. Get at least 30 mins of some good hardcore exercising. Do some cardio, in the long run, it’s good for the heart.
However, I find the most hardest part of losing weight/keeping it off, in my diet. It’s so hard to keep your fingers out of the cookie jar or those chocolate goodies. I’ve found a great addition to help any one out, it’s a natural weight loss supplement called Proactol. Now don’t get all crazy on me and say diet pills don’t work. That is true, but not in this case. This one isn’t meant to burn pounds while you sit on the couch. It’s an appetite suppressant, along with being a fat binder. I saved money on the pills at theweightlossplace dot com along with getting some good info. It basically makes those fingers not go towards the cookie jar. For me it’s the best pill I’ve tried and I’ve tried cupboards full. Now this doesn’t mean you have to follow my foot steps but I’ve successfully lost roughly 70 pounds and keeping it off til this day.
Well good luck and remember what I said, Dedicate.