Best Weight Loss Exercises

When we think of losing weight we often think of diet first, and second, of doing aerobic exercise. Both of these are important of course, but there’s one more component that you need to add if you want to be successful with your weight loss in the long run. That last component is muscle building.

Weight training is not just for men. Women should incorporate weight lifting into their exercise routine, as well. It will help build muscle mass and metabolism, which will make it easier to get rid of those pounds. Aerobic exercise is good because it burns the calories but after you’ve been doing it for awhile your metabolism gets used to it and the calories do not burn so easily. But if you add weight training, your resting metabolism will increase and the pounds will continue to come off. Muscle burns calories by simply existing so when you add muscle to your body, your increase the amount of calories that your body burns when it is in a resting state.

Another benefit of weight training is that it makes the benefits of your aerobic activity last longer. Studies have shown that those who incorporate weight training into their exercise routines will continue to burn calories at a higher rate for up to 39 hours after the workout. This means that a combine aerobic and weight lifting workout can be many times more beneficial than an aerobic only workout and you will not have to work out quite as much.