Burning Fat
In general, people will practice cardiovascular activities and forget about weight bearing exercises when it comes to burning fat. Some trainers will say that aerobic exercises burn off fat and weight lifting is only used to build muscle . But this is not entirely correct because the more muscle mass someone acquires the more he will burn fat calories, even at rest. The trend is going from cardiovascular training towards weight and strength training.
According to a study by the Fitness Products Manufacturers and Sporting Goods Industry, the number of people lifting free weights has increased 65 percent. Right now, weight lifting is among the most popular sports in the world. This change is for the best because cardiovascular activities combined with weight training will result in much more effective fat loss and will help with your diet. Cardiovascular exercises will raise muscle metabolism during the activity and for a short time after the exercise session which fit’s great to a slimming program.
Weight lifting exercises will raise your muscle metabolism and burns fat during the exercise session, and as well 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 (more or less). Such resistance on muscles will make their tissue leaner and stronger. The muscle development will take place during the rest period following the resistance training. Therefore sufficient rest periods are essential to get best weight loss results.
Whether your goal is to tone or build muscles, loosing weight, or just do exercise it is important to know what happens during the muscle training process. When lifting weights, muscle tissues are torn apart (at the microscopic 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 one hour and see their heart rate go through the roof. Simply 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 weight lifting routine with a good cardiovascular workout to increase muscle metabolism and total fat burning ratio.
An important factor to consider when trying to slim is that lots of muscle mass can be lost as a result. As muscle mass will keep your metabolism high, try to avoid quick weight loss through miracle diets or starvation. This weight loss will be regained just as quickly. Instead, opt for a gradual fat loss routine by combining weight training and cardiovascular activities like running swimming or biking, and allow muscle mass to build up and increase your metabolism. Results may take a little longer, but they will last for a longer period of time and are much healthier for your body.
