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Lets discuss about effectiveness of cardio vs weight training for weight loss goal. Well let me tell you this straight, cardio alone won't help you losing those ugly belly fat !! And actually it plays minor role in weight loss. Surprised ? Yes, that's the truth. Thats why many girls fails in their weight-loss goal as they are sacred of doing weight training.
Off course a 30 minute cardio session burns more calorie than 30 minutes weight training, but the story is not over here. It is more important how much calorie you are burning throughout the day rather than you are burning calorie in a 60 minute workout session.
You might have heard the term Metabolism. Metabolism signifies the rate at which the body uses energy for doing all sort of functionalities to sustain life, plus all energy we need for day to day activity and digesting our food.
Metabolism comprises of three parts. First is RMR or resting metabolic rate. This is the energy we need to continue all basic functionalities needed to sustain our life, and that adds up to 65 % of total metabolism. Second is energy we need to do our daily physical activities like walking, working, exercising etc. This adds up to 25 % of total metabolism. Finally the energy we need to digest our food; that is called thermic effect of food. That is around 10 % of total metabolism.
Obviously the RMR is having the highest contribution towards the total metabolism. Hence you should focus more in increasing RMR to increase over all metabolism rate. After doing 30 minutes of cardio exercise the RMR remains high for next couple of hours. Whereas after doing effective weight training with mostly multi-joint workouts the RMR remains high for the next 1/2 days i.e. you will burn more calorie even when you rest. An intense training session cause breakdown of your muscle tissue and later on during rest hours recovery process happens for the muscle tissue. Your RMR appears to increase during this recovery process. Also during the recovery process, every time your muscle tends to become stronger and bigger increasing your lean body mass which in turns again will boost the overall metabolic rate.
However don't stop doing cardio totally. It has its own benefits. It improves your cardio vascular health. So you should combine both cardio ( not more than 20 minutes ) and intense weight training. And ladies, don't be scared to do weight training. You won't get bulked up with muscles like the men, female hormone does not support that. You will become rather lean and sexy. Happy exercising !!
Lets discuss about effectiveness of cardio vs weight training for weight loss goal. Well let me tell you this straight, cardio alone won't help you losing those ugly belly fat !! And actually it plays minor role in weight loss. Surprised ? Yes, that's the truth. Thats why many girls fails in their weight-loss goal as they are sacred of doing weight training.
Off course a 30 minute cardio session burns more calorie than 30 minutes weight training, but the story is not over here. It is more important how much calorie you are burning throughout the day rather than you are burning calorie in a 60 minute workout session.
You might have heard the term Metabolism. Metabolism signifies the rate at which the body uses energy for doing all sort of functionalities to sustain life, plus all energy we need for day to day activity and digesting our food.
Metabolism comprises of three parts. First is RMR or resting metabolic rate. This is the energy we need to continue all basic functionalities needed to sustain our life, and that adds up to 65 % of total metabolism. Second is energy we need to do our daily physical activities like walking, working, exercising etc. This adds up to 25 % of total metabolism. Finally the energy we need to digest our food; that is called thermic effect of food. That is around 10 % of total metabolism.
Obviously the RMR is having the highest contribution towards the total metabolism. Hence you should focus more in increasing RMR to increase over all metabolism rate. After doing 30 minutes of cardio exercise the RMR remains high for next couple of hours. Whereas after doing effective weight training with mostly multi-joint workouts the RMR remains high for the next 1/2 days i.e. you will burn more calorie even when you rest. An intense training session cause breakdown of your muscle tissue and later on during rest hours recovery process happens for the muscle tissue. Your RMR appears to increase during this recovery process. Also during the recovery process, every time your muscle tends to become stronger and bigger increasing your lean body mass which in turns again will boost the overall metabolic rate.
However don't stop doing cardio totally. It has its own benefits. It improves your cardio vascular health. So you should combine both cardio ( not more than 20 minutes ) and intense weight training. And ladies, don't be scared to do weight training. You won't get bulked up with muscles like the men, female hormone does not support that. You will become rather lean and sexy. Happy exercising !!