OK ok I know it burns fat but after a while of doing it a high weight low rep twice a week and a High rep lower weight twice a week routine. will that rule still apply that over time if I eat right and weight lift like I said, my body all over will gradually tone up not just the spots im working out. Like after a while will my extra skin under the chin tone down or the rule I said doesn't apply?
weight training burning fat?
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Yes, you can not spot reduce, you loose fat over your entire body in a pattern that is controlled by your genetics: blame your parents!
And weight loss is more a function of diet than exercise: eat less than maintenance calories and you will loose weight, exercise just helps that weight loss come from fat instead of lean body mass.
And weight loss is more a function of diet than exercise: eat less than maintenance calories and you will loose weight, exercise just helps that weight loss come from fat instead of lean body mass.
Weight training isn't an efficient fat burning activity, because its an anaerobic workout, and fat burning requires aerobic activity.
a proper cut has weight training to retain existing lean muscle, and cardio for fat burning. done on different days.
and like dswithers states, diet is going to be the most important aspect of all. you can't eat too much, or too little, or you'll screw up the fat loss.
a proper cut has weight training to retain existing lean muscle, and cardio for fat burning. done on different days.
and like dswithers states, diet is going to be the most important aspect of all. you can't eat too much, or too little, or you'll screw up the fat loss.
Not exactly: what you're saying (unless I'm reading it wrong) sounds like a bit of the "fat burning zone" concept of cardio which has been demonstrated to be a myth. Weight lifting will produce a great deal of lipolysis in the form of EPOC, and substrate type during activity (whether it's fats or carbs) has also been shown to be irrelevant when programming for fat loss...there are a number of studies that demonstrate the superiority of weight lifting to cardio exercise (and especially steady state aerobics) in terms of body composition and fat loss.
Cardio is just as important as weight training. My recommendation if you hate doing cardio, is run/jog a 9-10min mile. It burns fat like no other and it's quick. Lifting doesn't necessarily cut the fat as much as people say it does. It will increase muscle and improve your metabolism, but cardio will actually cut your body up.
Plus, cardio is much healthier in the long term.
Plus, cardio is much healthier in the long term.
Gotta agree with pennate here. Aerobic training (cardio) is not for fat loss and strength training is not for muscle building. As mentioned weight training provides increased metabolism levels up to two days after the exercise session. Standard aerobic training doesnt. Now if you are talking about HIIT then we have something. HIIT and strength training both keep metabolism levels raised after the session (EPOC).
^^Thanks for the good laugh. If you want to use the term cardio, then we are speaking of cardiovascular training. That is aerobic and strength training, training of the heart.