I have been a fitness buff for over 30 years, and during that span, I have spent a considerable amount of time in gyms, lifting weights.
One thing that has always stood out for me is that, for the most part, except for one or two other people, I'm usually alone with the weights.
In the other room, the room that contains the treadmills, ellipticals, and the stationary bicycles, it's a battle to get your time in.
Nobody wants to take part in weight training for fat loss, they'd rather just jump on a treadmill for a few minutes and then be on their way.
These people are missing the boat, and I hope that's not the case with you.
It has been an accepted fact in the fitness world for many years that resistance training, or weight training for fat loss, is essential for weight loss and fat reduction.
Doing an aerobic exercise, even every day, benefits you only temporarily.
You burn the calories while performing your exercise, and then it stops there.
Weight training for fat loss, where you firm up your body or actually pack on muscle, works to your benefit in several different ways.
It's not just about your appearance.
In order for your body to carry out its daily functions, operating your circulatory, digestive, and respiratory systems to name a few, your body will take your food and turn it into energy, or fuel, in order to do its business.
In order to perform these functions, it will burn a minimum number of calories, even if you do pretty much nothing on a particular day.
In order to lose weight, you either need to burn more calories than you take in or take in fewer calories than your body burns.
It is a numbers game.
And you know how many calories you can burn up doing an aerobic exercise, or have a good idea, so how would weight training for fat loss benefit you? The rate at which you burn calories will depend on many different variables, your level of activity and your size, to name a few.
But let's use 2,500 calories as an example.
At your fitness level at this moment, we will say that you burn 2,500 calories a day just existing.
To lose weight, you do one of two things.
You burn more than 2,500 calories through activity or you eat less than that amount of calories.
I will assume you have tweaked your diet to the point that you are doing all you can in that department.
So let's look at exercise, aerobic versus weight training for fat loss.
You spend half an hour on a stationary bicycle and you burn up 300 calories.
So when looking at your 2,500 calories that you body uses, you can do one of two things.
You can subtract the 300 and, if you do this every day for about two weeks, you will lose a pound.
Or you can eat 300 calories more the day that you do the bicycle and not gain any weight.
So what about weight training for fat loss? You do resistance training for 45 minutes and burn the same 300 calories.
It may sound the same, but in reality, you have made a permanent change in your body composition that will effect the numbers over time.
You have ever so slightly changed the makeup of your body, transforming fat into muscle.
A body that contains muscle as opposed to fat will burn calories faster, even when you are doing nothing.
A person that takes part in weight training for fat loss will burn calories at a much higher level than a person who does just aerobic exercises.
And that applies 24 hours a day.
So even when you sleep, your body will burn calories at a higher rate.
That's right, even when you sleep.
Muscle takes up less space than fat, giving you a smaller, leaner look.
And because your body will now be using more calories every day to perform its duties, you will either lose weight at a faster rate or you can actually eat more.
So if you are not happy with the results you are seeing from your current fitness program, consider weight training for fat loss.
There's always plenty of space in the weight room for one more.
One thing that has always stood out for me is that, for the most part, except for one or two other people, I'm usually alone with the weights.
In the other room, the room that contains the treadmills, ellipticals, and the stationary bicycles, it's a battle to get your time in.
Nobody wants to take part in weight training for fat loss, they'd rather just jump on a treadmill for a few minutes and then be on their way.
These people are missing the boat, and I hope that's not the case with you.
It has been an accepted fact in the fitness world for many years that resistance training, or weight training for fat loss, is essential for weight loss and fat reduction.
Doing an aerobic exercise, even every day, benefits you only temporarily.
You burn the calories while performing your exercise, and then it stops there.
Weight training for fat loss, where you firm up your body or actually pack on muscle, works to your benefit in several different ways.
It's not just about your appearance.
In order for your body to carry out its daily functions, operating your circulatory, digestive, and respiratory systems to name a few, your body will take your food and turn it into energy, or fuel, in order to do its business.
In order to perform these functions, it will burn a minimum number of calories, even if you do pretty much nothing on a particular day.
In order to lose weight, you either need to burn more calories than you take in or take in fewer calories than your body burns.
It is a numbers game.
And you know how many calories you can burn up doing an aerobic exercise, or have a good idea, so how would weight training for fat loss benefit you? The rate at which you burn calories will depend on many different variables, your level of activity and your size, to name a few.
But let's use 2,500 calories as an example.
At your fitness level at this moment, we will say that you burn 2,500 calories a day just existing.
To lose weight, you do one of two things.
You burn more than 2,500 calories through activity or you eat less than that amount of calories.
I will assume you have tweaked your diet to the point that you are doing all you can in that department.
So let's look at exercise, aerobic versus weight training for fat loss.
You spend half an hour on a stationary bicycle and you burn up 300 calories.
So when looking at your 2,500 calories that you body uses, you can do one of two things.
You can subtract the 300 and, if you do this every day for about two weeks, you will lose a pound.
Or you can eat 300 calories more the day that you do the bicycle and not gain any weight.
So what about weight training for fat loss? You do resistance training for 45 minutes and burn the same 300 calories.
It may sound the same, but in reality, you have made a permanent change in your body composition that will effect the numbers over time.
You have ever so slightly changed the makeup of your body, transforming fat into muscle.
A body that contains muscle as opposed to fat will burn calories faster, even when you are doing nothing.
A person that takes part in weight training for fat loss will burn calories at a much higher level than a person who does just aerobic exercises.
And that applies 24 hours a day.
So even when you sleep, your body will burn calories at a higher rate.
That's right, even when you sleep.
Muscle takes up less space than fat, giving you a smaller, leaner look.
And because your body will now be using more calories every day to perform its duties, you will either lose weight at a faster rate or you can actually eat more.
So if you are not happy with the results you are seeing from your current fitness program, consider weight training for fat loss.
There's always plenty of space in the weight room for one more.