| Are you up a few pounds and need to lose a bit of | | | | isn't enough time to engage in enough aerobic activity. |
| fat? I know I am after a few recent celebrations with | | | | Resistance training, whether with free weights, |
| lots of eating and drinking and little chance for exercise. | | | | resistance machines at home or in the gym, or |
| So what type of exercise is best for fat loss? | | | | exercise bands, burns some calories and builds muscle. |
| Obviously running marathons, going for 100 mile bike | | | | Muscle is important because it burns calories even |
| races, and doing triathlons works, but not for most of | | | | when you are not exercising! Even when you are |
| us! For most of us, a combination of aerobics and | | | | sitting at your desk at work or lying in bed. And you |
| resistance training is best for fat loss. | | | | don't need to worry about myths of becoming muscle |
| Aerobics burn lots of calories, which is what we need | | | | bound or the muscle turning to fat if you stop; these |
| to lose fat, period! It doesn't matter whether you walk, | | | | things simply do not happen. |
| run, ski, or play pick up basketball games, aerobics is | | | | So, if you need to lose a few pounds of fat, eat |
| great for you and your waistline. Unfortunately aerobic | | | | sensibly, do some regular aerobic activity, and start or |
| activities only burn calories when we are engaged in | | | | continue some resistance training. You will lose fat |
| them, and we are all busy people. There often simply | | | | faster and more reliably. |