There has been yet another study with results the same as I've been telling my clients for years. The new study results suggest that adding strength training to your exercise routine looks like the best way to slash fat and strengthen the heart. In the study, one group of volunteers walked or jogged five times a week, while the other replaced two workouts with strength sessions (three sets of each resistance move). Those who strength-trained did 30 percent less aerobic exercise - yet performed 7 percent better on tests of maximum aerobic capacity. They also lost 2 percent of their body fat; the volunteers who simply walked or jogged lost none.
Strength training increases muscle mass, which burns fat faster - and the pudge it melted was mostly the heart-risky abdominal kind. What this means: If you add some basic strength training, you can ease up on the cardio yet wind up more fit - and your body will look better too.
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