Resistance Training-Why It's So Effective For Weight Loss
Weight lifting, also known as resistance training, has beenpracticed for centuriesas a way of building muscular strength. Research shows that resistance training, whether done via body weight, resistance bands or machines, dumbbells or free weights, not only helps usbuild strength, but alsoimproves muscle sizeand can help counteractage-related muscle loss. More recently it’s become popular among those looking to lose weight. While exercises such as running and cycling are indeed effective forreducing body fat, these activities can simultaneously decrease muscle size, leading toweaker musclesand greater perceived weight loss, as muscle ismore dense than fat. But unlike endurance ....
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