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What You Thought You Knew About Weight Loss Is Wrong |
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Written by Chris Robinsson
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Sunday, 21 March 2010 07:07 |
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If you want to get rid of excess bodyfat that you have right now the only way to do so and sustain it for life is to have 3 major components in your program. Marketers will tell you otherwise, but you need a good resistance training plan to build muscle, a cardiovascular part to lose fat, and a solid diet program. We can't get around this fact. If a program is being sold and does not have these three things in some way or another it's a waste of money. Some programs, like the most popular and best ones will have resistance training and cardio training in the same workout by doing high intense resistance training and circuit training.
by ChrisRobinsson
If you want to get rid of excess bodyfat that you have right now the only way to do so and sustain it for life is to have 3 major components in your program. Marketers will tell you otherwise, but you need a good resistance training plan to build muscle, a cardiovascular part to lose fat, and a solid diet program. We can't get around this fact. If a program is being sold and does not have these three things in some way or another it's a waste of money. Some programs, like the most popular and best ones will have resistance training and cardio training in the same workout by doing high intense resistance training and circuit training.
Most people think that they need to simply starve themselves for a couple of days in order to lose fat, or worse, they will do thousands of crunches and ab workouts in hopes of getting rid of some belly fat. It won't happen.
Truth is, you need a good solid 3 times per week resistance training program, be it, full-bodyweight or "bodybuilder split routine" where you do legs, arms, chest etc on different days, building muscle is a vital part of fat loss because of the increase in metabolic rate.
Diet programs and fads are my greatest pet peeves. I hate the fact that they can promise you 1-2 lbs of weight loss a week without exercise. That's dangerous! You are losing muscle and water, and some fat. Then when you get off the diet you gain it all back and more because now your body is less metabolically active than it was before (less muscle).
Exercise will give you a raised metabolism which is essential for fat loss. The after effect of a workout is more important than the calories burnt during the workout. A short intense 20 minutes of resistance training is many times superior to 60 minutes of treadmill work, seriously!
With that said, I urge you to check out some of the best fat loss programs out there and follow one that has these components. Never go on a "diet" only. You'll see 10x the results with intense workouts, guaranteed.
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