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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Weight Lifting Workouts - Good for Losing Weight?

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By Thaya Kareeson

Weight loss infomercials and ads always promote weight lifting workouts, but in reality, these weight lifting workouts are not designed to help you lose weight. Find out about this common misconception in this article.

The body's heart rate and overall fat burning capacity is quite low throughout the weight lifting duration. This is because weight lifting only addresses a few specific muscle groups at a time. If more muscles were to be addressed within the same amount of time, then more energy and more fat will be expended.

Because weight lifting workouts strengthen only specific muscle groups, it can actually make you gain more weight if it is not combined with enough fat burning exercises or with a proper nutritional plan.

Because of this, a balance "weight lifting workout" should consist of a cycle through different actual weight lifting exercises that are changed up with fat burning exercises like jogging or bicycle. It is also important to give the different muscle groups time to build and "digest" the strengthening exercises for certain time intervals before addressing them again with intensity.

Your workout schedule will also depend greatly on your goals. A person just starting to improve their fitness level with 3 workouts per week will end up with a different workout plan than someone who is in great shape and wants improve their fitness level with a 5 workouts per week.

Most people who are looking to lose weight and gain better overall conditioning and fitness will get best results with a routine that matches about 2 parts of fat burning exercises with one part of muscle and strength building.

This means if you are looking at a 3 day regiment, you can do two days of fat burning and conditioning, and one day of weight lifting. If you have the time to work out on five days per week, you can do three days of fat burning and conditioning, and two days of weight lifting and strength building. For best results switch between fat burning and weight lifting days. - 24553

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