| People who go on a diet do so for a few main | | | | in any exercise routine. However, strength |
| reasons: to lose weight, to improve their | | | | training should also be included in your |
| overall well-being or both. Many people who | | | | routine as well.Many people - particularly |
| diet for weight loss fail to lose weight or, | | | | women, shy away from strength training |
| if they do lose, fail to maintain the weight | | | | exercise as they think that strength training |
| they lost.As any fitness expert will tell | | | | will cause them to "bulk up" and look |
| you, losing weight comes down to two main | | | | unnatural. The image that many people have |
| factors: consuming less calories and | | | | about strength training is probably an |
| exercising. This is so true that if someone | | | | unrealistic one for most people. Unless you |
| significantly increases the amount of | | | | are a serious bodybuilder, you will probably |
| exercise they do but maintains the same | | | | not gain the amount of muscles mass that most |
| caloric intake, they will almost certainly | | | | bodybuilders have. It is important to |
| lose weight anyway. Forget all that you've | | | | emphasize, therefore, that if you are trying |
| heard about fad dieting - the safest and | | | | to lose weight, strength training exercise |
| smartest way to lose weight is through | | | | will help you to maintain the lean muscle |
| combining diet with exercise.One of the best | | | | mass that you already have underneath your |
| forms of exercise to perform if you are | | | | body fat while you are in the process of |
| trying to lose weight is strength training. | | | | losing weight. In the end what you will have |
| Contrary to what you may think, strength | | | | is a greater proportion of lean body mass to |
| training may be more important than aerobic | | | | body fat. This means you will be thinner but |
| exercise for weight loss because although it | | | | you will have the muscle and strength that |
| increases muscle tissue, strength training | | | | you had when you were |
| burns more fat than aerobic exercise. Of | | | | overweight.Unfortunately, many people who go |
| course, this is not to say that people who | | | | on rapid weight loss programs will usually |
| are overweight should not perform aerobic | | | | lose a good deal of their muscle mass along |
| exercise - as aerobic exercise has its place | | | | with the fat they lose. |