Does Weight Lifting Burn Fat Like Running Does?

it will burn way more...you only burn fat DURING cardio but you burn fat DURING and After wts from EPOC effect which is why cardio is just way overated for me unless you need it for sport etc
 
It won't burn fat around your stomach and behind area, but neither does running. You can't target your fat loss, you will lose it everywhere. With a proper diet, it will increase your metabolism and accelerate your fat loss.
 
Lifting weights can increase the metabolism for up to 36hours after, so yes, but rule #1: you can't spot lose fat.
 
I see, wow though...I never thought lifting weights burns more fat than running though. Thats good because I have been lifting weights like crazy and falling off with my running, maybe its just me but I feel better lifting more than running. It's weird because isnt the sign of burning fat sweating? and obviously we sweat more when we run, more so than when we lift weights.
 
Thorough_Bred said:
It's weird because isnt the sign of burning fat sweating? and obviously we sweat more when we run, more so than when we lift weights.
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No, not really. The body has poor utilization when burning calories. I think the figure I heard is that 75% of calories burned is released as heat. The body's reaction is to sweat because the evaporation helps to cool it.

Now a calorie is the unit of energy needed to raise one liter of water, one degree, and you're raising the body a couple degrees only.
 
Thorough_Bred said:
But is first guy who posted on this thread right? weight training burns more fat than running?
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Yes, over the long haul, because it raises your metabolism for a longer period of time. But it won't do it alone. If your diet is bad, it won't do any good, but than neither would running.
 
I see. My diet is pretty good now, way better than it was before. And is it true when we work out that the fat gets off even AFTER we have worked out?
 
Thorough_Bred said:
I must be dumb or something because I really thought what the guy said was too good to be true.
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Ok, here's another comparison:

There is research showing HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) superior to SS (Steady State) cardio.

SS cardio is an arobic exercise. It's slow enough that the body can keep a flow of oxygen going at pace it can obtain, so it burns fat because the ketosis requires oxygen as one of its components for mobilizing fat.

HIIT is anaerobic exercise, like lifting weights or sprinting, because it drives the body's need for oxygen beyond it's ability to obtain. This causes it to switch from using fat for fuel, to using glycogen in the blood and tissue. However, the body doesn't have enough gylcogen stores to sustain 20-30 mins of HIIT, so then it must go to intramuscular fat stores.

After the HIIT session, the body continues to burn fat for two hours in it's search for equilibrium.

Here is an article I like to cite. It's very good, but very heady and scientific. Read it a little at a time:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kurilla1.htm
 
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