Does Weight Training Burn Fat?

Greetings!

I hope you're enjoying your weekend thus far.

Today I want to briefly touch upon a very controversial topic in the area of weight loss: Does weight training burn fat, or does it speed up your metabolism, causing it to burn your fat after your work out?

The question is controversial because there are always those who swear black and blue that this is the case. Then again, there are those who claim that this is not the case?

A recent article I read on this topic explains how this could be a weight loss myth: Click here to read the article (a new window will open).

Regular resistance training, done correctly, has many benefits. It can prevent some of the muscle loss that occurs with weight loss. It can also lower body fat levels and even help preserve bone mass. But the idea that it can magically increase calorie-burning is "a very big stretch, [my emphasis] " said Edward Melanson, an assistant professor in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

I think it is worth reading the rest of the article for your benefit, if you're thinking of doing weights with the sole purpose of losing weight. It may be that you don't need to kill yourself doing weights, and that other types of exercise may give you better benefits. I live it up to you to reach your own conclusions.

Feel free to share your views on this topic by leaving a comment on this blog.

Yours in health,




Jeff "The Skinny Chef"



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