What should you prioritize: strength training or cardio?
Strength training helps burn fat at rest!
How can strength training help you lose fat… if it doesn’t burn that many calories and doesn’t really put you in the fat-burning zone?
The straightforward answer isn’t what happens DURING your workout… but AFTER it, since fat use increases in the hours following strength training.
Strength training helps with fat loss
As long as your workout IS WELL DESIGNED, strength training can speed up fat loss throughout the day, helping you lose more weight than low- and moderate-intensity cardio.
With your metabolism revved up, you keep burning fat for a long time after physical activity.
There are lots of myths about weight loss and fat loss. The fact is… diet is always the main factor… combined with a good strength-training program! It’s no mystery!
Strength training or cardio?
I don’t recommend low-intensity, medium- or long-duration cardio for weight loss. If it’s for leisure and enjoyment, that’s fine… it’s already well known that it’s not the best strategy for fat loss.
You can run all the way to the moon… and lose next to nothing. It would be convenient for me to recommend running 5 km a day… but that wouldn’t get you anywhere. Focus on your diet. Always. If it’s for leisure, that’s fine! Do it because you enjoy it! No problem!
Do you want to lose fat? Maybe for summer, an event, or whatever the reason.
A defined muscle is a muscle with little accumulated fat.
So, DIET plays a very important role in the whole process! Let me make this clear: A workout program for muscle definition should be performed at THE SAME INTENSITY as a workout program for MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY.
In this article, you’ll learn how to lose weight the right way to define your body, including how to burn fat in specific areas.
