Weight Lifting Exercise To Burn Fat

It is often believed that aerobic exercises are good for burning off fat while weightlifting helps to build muscle bulk. This is partly correct since weight bearing exercises also burn fat while building muscle mass, even during resting.

Over the past ten years, there has been an increase of about 76 percent in the number of people lifting free weights. In fact, weight lifting now ranks among the most popular sports in North America.

Studies have shown that cardiovascular activity combined with weight training is highly effective in producing fat loss. Cardiovascular exercises increase muscle metabolism during the activity and this continues for a short period after the session. On the other hand, weight lifting exercises not only raise muscle metabolism during the activity session, but the effect lasts for a long time afterwards.