EXERCISE AND WEIGHT LOSS
Exercise is a key component of most weight loss programs.
The important thing is to determine the right kind of
exercise for your:
It is also important to adopt the right type of:
This ensures that the not only are you using the right
type of exercise program for you, but that you undertake
it in the correct manner to avoid an adverse impact
or injury.
Exercise and Weight Loss
Exercise burns calories - therefore, it can boost weight
loss. However, caloric intake remains the primary factor,
since it takes considerable normal exercise to burn
off a significant amount of calories. [ 1 pound equals
3,500 calories].
Muscle Building and Weight Loss
Exercise that focuses on muscle
building is where the real leverage in weight loss
begins. Your daily caloric need is related to your lean
muscle mass. The more muscle mass, the more calories
required.
Muscle
loss with aging results in a slower resting metabolism,
which means that some calories previously burnt by high-energy
muscle tissue are no longer needed, and are therefore
stored as fat.
One pound of muscle requires between 35 to 50 calories
a day for tissue maintenance. A 10-pound muscle loss
may reduce resting metabolism by 350 to 500 calories
daily; cutting your required daily food intake by 20
to 25 percent.
Study - Muscle Burns More Fat
Another study shows the correlation between fat loss
and strength
training and the difference it can make when added to
a diet regimen. The study measured two groups over an
8 week exercise program.
- Group 1 – 30 minutes of
endurance exercise on a stationary cycle, lost a total
of 3.5 lbs.; 3lbs. of which was fat
and a half pound was muscle loss.
- Group 2 - 15 minutes of exercise
on the stationary cycle plus an
additional 15 minutes on weight resistant exercises,
lost 8 lbs. with fat loss of 10 lbs.
and an increase of 2 lbs. of lean body weight."
Study - HIIT and Mediteranean Diet
This study is still in progress, but has identified
some significant findings around fat loss and the impact
of the right diet. Find out more about the HIIT
F at Loss Study
Next: Weight
Loss Plans
FURTHER INFORMATION
For
more detail on muscle building as an antiaging, fat
burning technique.
Resistance
Weight Training With Endurance Training Improves Fat
Loss.
Energy
Expenditure by Type of Exercise
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