Often the missing link in a fat loss program is training with weights. There has been a misconception that lifting weights will make you bigger. Well, if adding mass was so easier, bodybuilders wouldn't be killing themselves so much to add muscles to their frame. This is because, adding muscle mass requires a proper mix of lifting(20%), nutrition(60%) and rest(20%). So your next question might be, "how do I make weight lifting beneficial, for someone like me, who is on the higher side of the scale?". In this post, I will try and answer the same.
In my previous post I mentioned, how a typical 'only cardio' & 'less food' regime can lead to a dead end to your goal of fat loss. The key ingredient for an effective and sustainable fat loss program is training with weights or weight lifting.The next few points will make it easier for you to comprehend the idea.
1. Lifting heavy weights boosts you metabolism. period!
One of the main reasons for a person getting fat is because of a sluggish metabolism. This means one's body has a greater tendency to store the food injested as fat, given caloric abundance is there at any moment of time. Weight Training leads to lactic acid production, which triggers the release of growth hormone (GH), which indirectly causes the body to turn into a fat burning machine.
2. Weight lifting shocks your body!
Starting a program like weight lifting acts as a shock to your otherwise 'efficient energy machine' body. As such your body's calorie expenditure per task will increase than before. This, if you have not guessed by now, will help you to further loose fat. Your body will realise the need for more lean mass resulting you in building muscle and hence burning even more fat than before!
3. Weight lifting allows you to eat more and still lose fat!
When you lift heavy, you create tiny tears in muscle fibers that are repaired when you rest and eat nutritious food. The good thing here is that the majority of food you eat, given that you eat healthy mainly with very less junk food, rush to repair the damage you did to your muscles. This inturn causes your body to burn the stored fat and produce energy for other daily tasks that need less energy like walking, cooking etc. In other words, you burn fat even while you are sitting!
4. Serious weight lifting makes you think and choose 'healthy'
Once you start lifting good, eating good will follow. The short term changes will lay down the path for the final long term change you stated out with. With changes coming, you are more likely to stay motivated for your final goal.
1. Lifting heavy weights boosts you metabolism. period!
One of the main reasons for a person getting fat is because of a sluggish metabolism. This means one's body has a greater tendency to store the food injested as fat, given caloric abundance is there at any moment of time. Weight Training leads to lactic acid production, which triggers the release of growth hormone (GH), which indirectly causes the body to turn into a fat burning machine.
2. Weight lifting shocks your body!
Starting a program like weight lifting acts as a shock to your otherwise 'efficient energy machine' body. As such your body's calorie expenditure per task will increase than before. This, if you have not guessed by now, will help you to further loose fat. Your body will realise the need for more lean mass resulting you in building muscle and hence burning even more fat than before!
3. Weight lifting allows you to eat more and still lose fat!
When you lift heavy, you create tiny tears in muscle fibers that are repaired when you rest and eat nutritious food. The good thing here is that the majority of food you eat, given that you eat healthy mainly with very less junk food, rush to repair the damage you did to your muscles. This inturn causes your body to burn the stored fat and produce energy for other daily tasks that need less energy like walking, cooking etc. In other words, you burn fat even while you are sitting!
4. Serious weight lifting makes you think and choose 'healthy'
Once you start lifting good, eating good will follow. The short term changes will lay down the path for the final long term change you stated out with. With changes coming, you are more likely to stay motivated for your final goal.
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