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Strength training for weight loss - "The worlds most effective twenty minute workouts"For years we have been told to diet the excess fat from our bodies and throw in some fast walking to hastenthe process. The trouble with this is that the low calorie restricted diet would throw the body into starvation mode, with the body holding onto the fat and using precious muscle tissue for energy. This would lower the metabolism causing greater muscle loss and when the diet is broken the fat is returned because of the lower metabolism and even more is put onto the body. "A Vicious Cycle" The walking is good provided it is done fast enough to elevate the breathing and not to the point of huffing and puffing which would be training your cardiovascular system. Soon you would pleateau with the walking and the diet and there you would reach a point where nothing was happening. So what do you do now, try weight loss supplements, creams, massage, toning tables, drugs? if you've read "Maximum nutrition for fatloss and muscle gain" , you'll know that these don't work. Or do you throw your hands up in the air, to hell with the diet, give in to the cravings and gorge yourself on high fat foods until you are physically sick ?!! There is a better way. Plain and simply it is "Strength Training" More and more studies are showing this to be the case. By increasing the functional muscle on your body (remember fat is big and lumpy, muscle is smooth and hard) your metabolism increases dramaticly burning fat at an alarming rate. (Ladies, you havent got the testosterone to get big and muscular, so don't worry). I've physically proven this time and time again in the Gym with obese clients, male and female, with fantastic results If you don't incorporate strength training into your fat loss regime then you are in for dissapointing results. Gone are the days of the five day a week program with 6 to 12 sets per body part. That just doesn't work anymore. One short intense strength training workout a week will melt away more fat and increase more functional muscle that you ever thought possible. This article courtesy of http://www.health-dir.com
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