Losing weight is
probably one of the
hardest obstacles in
front of mankind. Our
modern life style of
living has caused many
people to gain weight
due to fast foods,
inactive lifestyles and
too much stress. It is
a very hard cycle to
break and thus there are
hundreds and thousands
of diets and weight loss
programs that are
available to help you
lose weight. However,
recent studies and
statistics show that
most of the popular
diets and weight loss
programs just don’t work
for the majority of the
people. Actually, a
diet regime or a weight
loss program that works
must contain several
components such as
calorie reduction,
exercise (such as
cardiovascular exercise
and strength training)
along with psychological
efforts to adapt a new
life style for your
weight loss. One of the
most important
components that you can
do in a weight loss
program is definitely
strength training.
Strength training in
essence is a method that
helps you increase your
muscles and your muscle
strength. It is used by
athletes and body
builders all over the
world. However, there is
one other use of
strength training
besides body building
and muscle building. It
helps us lose weight and
it also helps us keep
fit. This stems from the
fact that our bodies use
the greater percentage
of the calories in taken
for keeping the muscles
in our bodies active and
strong. Thus if you have
more muscle composition
then fat cells in your
body, then you will end
up burning more calories
and your metabolic rate
will increase which will
also increase the number
of calories burnt even
further.
When people think of
exercising for weight
loss, they usually think
of cardiovascular
exercise. Of course,
cardiovascular exercise
is also useful for the
body, but for weight
loss purposes, it is
much easier and quicker
to use strength training
exercise to burn
calories and increase
our muscular structure.
As stated above, more
muscles that you have,
more calories that you
will burn. Of course,
this doesn’t mean that
you need to be an
Olympic body builder;
you just have to do some
basics exercises to
stimulate your muscles
and keep fit, while
losing calories at the
same time.
Strength training and
all forms of exercise
are essential for all
types of weight loss
programs and diets. In
fact recent statistics
and research by the
University of Maryland
shows that no diet can
provide long time
solution to weight gain
problem. In an
experimental group
within a test conducted
by the University of
Maryland, 40 subjects
were chosen and they
were kept in a fasting
condition (lots of
liquid food and no solid
food especially in the
mornings). In a test
that took over 1 month
to complete, the
subjects were subjected
to severe diet
conditions. Although,
they did lose
significant pounds in
the process, the follow
up results were not very
promising. Careful check
up and careful
monitoring of the
experimental subjects
showed that most of the
pounds that were shed
from their body was
actually water and
muscle instead of fat
which is deadweight in
our bodies.
Thus the experiment
conducted above shows
that you must combine
physical activity and
exercise with dieting,
if you want to be
successful in losing
weight. This is
essential for many
purposes such as
healthier living as well
as losing weight. Also
in fact, doing strength
training can be the best
exercise that you can do
for losing weight and
also for becoming fit.
When you do strength
training, your body will
start to tone your
muscles and this
exercise will stimulate
your body to burn more
calories and keep it
burned.
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