Weights for Fat Loss - Lift Weights To Burn Fat Faster!

“I don’t do weights because I don’t want to get muscles, I’m here to lose weight!” - that’s probably the mostpopular answer given by the female gym users when asked about resistance training. The real truth is that if you lift weights for fat loss, you'll actually accelerate your results.

Lifting barbells and weights is still a taboo topic for most of the women who reserve such exercises to men only. From my own experience it does take quite a while to convince ladies to participate in weights training. Most of them do not realize the importance of resistance training in weight loss.

Resistance training is not about lifting excessive weights or Olympic lifting, it is a method of improving the strength and making positive changes in your body.

Following sensible resistance and weights for fat loss training, together with a healthy eating plan, will help you to tone up your body as well as lose the unwanted fat, faster than using aerobic exercise alone.

Firstly, we need to understand that the purpose of a weight-loss programme is to lose body fat, not fat-free mass.Combining endurance and resistance training not only promotes fat loss but also prevents loss of fat-free mass. Gaining fat-free mass does not need to mean building-up big muscles. To achieve the latter you would need to follow a body-building type of strength training.

In an experiment conducted by scientists both men and women participated in the same strength training programme. While some women managed to double the strengths, they did not experience a lot of hypertrophy (incease in size).

Fat-free mass is very important in terms of weight loss and it directly affects the basal metabolic rate. Generally speaking the basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of energy expenditure at rest. As I said before BMR is closely related to fat-free mass, the more fat-free mass the more total calories expended in a day! Unfortunately, women by nature have a greater fat mass so we tend to have lower BMR. For this single reason only, we should be regularly perform resistance training. You can calculate your BMR using our calculator under the main menu.

So please don’t be afraid to lift weights for fat loss. Use barbells, dumbbells, cable and resistance machines when you're trying to lose unwanted pounds! Use them to shape up your muscles and get the best body ever, by combining your training with a healthy fat burning diet.