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Weight Training: Burn Fat, Be Strong & Stay Healthy

March 29, 2008 on 9:51 pm | By Matt | In Exercise, Weight & Resistance Training | 4 Comments

Find out how adding weight training into your fitness routine can pay off big with more muscle and less fat

Weight training is one of the most effective additions anyone can make to their workout routine. It improves overall strength; encourages a more lean, “toned” appearance; can reduce the risk of injury (especially as you age) and is a potent metabolism booster, helping you burn fat even when you aren’t exercising.

Yet many people never even start weight training because they either don’t know where to begin, are intimidated by the idea of lifting weights, or think weight training is something only bodybuilders or power lifters can benefit from.

What Exactly Is Weight Training?

Weight training is simply performing an exercise under resistance or with added weight to challenge the muscle to become stronger and larger.

When you weight train, you are resisting the force of gravity (which is increased by adding weight to the movement) during the exercise. You can increase resistance by adding additional weight in the form of dumbbells or weighted bars, or by utilizing a cable and pulley-based weight machine or cable-station.

Weight training improves strength and increases muscle size because it “overloads” the muscle and works it beyond what is normally required every day to meet your basic physical needs. This overload literally damages the muscle. However, the body, being the wonderful machine it is, responds by repairing the muscle in a way that over time allows it to meet the increased strength needs that regular weight training requires. So you get stronger over time, and your muscle also becomes larger to meet the demand.

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