Strength Training Vs Cardio- Best Way To Burn Fat?

If you wish to lose fat weight there is simply no way of getting around the fact that you must create a calorie deficit

. This means you must be burning more fuel (calories) than you are taking in. It does get a bit more complicated than this but this is the basic nuts and bolts of fat loss.

There are several ways to create this deficit - some more effective than others. For example you could skip breakfast (approximately 400 calories) or you could walk on the treadmill for an hour and three quarters and create the same 400 calorie deficit. Or you could do 15 minutes of interval training such as 20 seconds of sprinting followed by 30 seconds of walking repeated 8-12 times.

Or lastly, you could do 30 minutes of strength training exercise and burn a higher number of calories every single minute of the day and night after your session for anywhere between hours or even days depending on how much effort you put into it.

The last two options are by far the best. The first one will work against your body by slowing down your metabolism which is the exact opposite of what you want if fat loss is your goal. The second option (walking on the treadmill) is a huge time investment. Who on earth would want to spend that long to burn such a small amount of calories? There is no after-burn whatsoever.

The after-burn is greatest from the strength training option. This is very beneficial as it means that if you go on holiday, go out socially to enjoy eating and drinking you do not have to worry about going backwards as your metabolism will mop up any excess and you will not put on weight.

Now how about you, how are you burning your calories? Are you trying to 'diet' the excess pounds away or are you hoping to walk it away? (That would be a few years of walking). Or would you be keen to try more intense and more effective exercise in the form of strength training and interval training? Because a combination of these two options will get you three times the results in half the time.

After we reach our mid 20's if we are not doing enough muscle strengthening activity, our bodies lose approximately one half a pound of muscle tissue per year. Of course, this results in a reduction of not only our strength but our metabolism and the rate we burn fuel. This slowing of our metabolic engine translates into slow but steady weight gain that will continue forever if you let it.

So, if you had to choose one of the options listed above to counterbalance this effect, it would have to be strength training exercise. Strength training is the best and surest way to offset the loss of precious muscle tissue, increase your metabolism, burn fat and achieve the loss of excess fat weight and maintain it long-term..

Without toning and rebuilding your muscle tissue you will have an impossibly hard time burning body fat. The food you eat is turned into glucose and burned in the muscle tissue for energy so when they are strong and toned they can process more fuel. This is the mechanism that will get you slim and trim again.

by: Gen Wright

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