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