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Weight Train to Lose Fat
By Joe Alvarez
Date added: Oct 4, 2003, 19:12
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Weight training can help you lose fat in many ways. One way, is by using free weights. Barbells and dumbbells help make you stronger, and strengthen bones. Another way weight training reduces fat is because it speeds up metabolism. This is because weight lifting burns fat while building muscle. The last way weight training is beneficial is if you do it the right way. The right program and technique will help you lose poundsmore efficiently. To sum it up, weight training reduces fat in many ways.
  Barbells and Dumbbells  
  While aerobic activity, such as walking and running are steps in the right direction for losing fat; resistance training can help you over those plateaus. What’s more, lifting weights will not only make you stronger, it can strengthen your bones, and improve your posture.  
  Speeding up your Metabolism  
  Weightlifting burns fat as it builds muscle. According to exercise physiologist Elizabeth Quinn, studies show that “The average women who strength trains two or three times a week for two months will gain two pounds of muscle and will lose 3.5 pounds of fat.” Women do not have the hormones that build big muscle mass.  
  The Right Way
 
  If you’re new to weights find a personal trainer that will show you the right technique. The right program and technique will lower your risk of injury, and be more efficient for time spent in the gym. So make weight training your salary ad aerobic activity your bonus to really change your composition.  


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