Cardio is a lot more popular than weight lifting when people want to burn fat. Even a personal trainer will recommend aerobic exercises if you want to burn fat and weight lifting for muscle building. That is not exactly correct. Therefore today we see more people moving from cardio towards strength training.
In the past 10 years alone stats show a less than 76% increase among people preferring weight lifting to cardio with the mention that in North America weight lifting is the most popular sport!
Cardio and weight lifting combined are very effective in fat loss. Cardio exercising will raise the metabolism during and shortly after your training session and weight lifting will raise your metabolism during and long after your training session sometimes a few days after!
If having a balanced training routine 1 to 20 repetitions for weight lifting should be ideal to strengthen your muscle and to make them leaner. We have to point out that the muscle development takes place during the rest periods hence the rest periods are crucial.
The rest periods are anywhere between 24 and 48 hours. In this time the muscle will recover from being stretched during the training session to becoming more resistant to higher efforts.
A key concept is to combine weight loss and cardio for best results. Just do it in such manner that the muscles don’t get tired or overworked. Do it by combining low weight lifting repetitions with high cardio repetitions. By doing so you can increase your muscle metabolism and the overall fat burning rhythm.
Don’t try to lose weight fast with “miracle” diets or using wonder products. It is not healthy and you whatever weight you will lose you will gain back even more. Use a balanced workout to stimulate your metabolism. Results won’t show that fast but they will also last a lot longer.