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A member asked:
How is weight training help me lose fat?
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Boosts metabolism: Weight (or strength) training is very importnat to lose fat. A weight training workout boosts metabolism for the whole day and helps build lean muscle. Muscle is metabolically active - it needs fuel - and therefore helps you burn more calories all the time which helps with fat (as mentioned in faq 1).
Answered 9/28/2016
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Burn calories: Weight training tends to burn more calories than cardio.
Answered 5/27/2013
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Add cardio.: Strength training will not help you lose too much fat. Add cardiovascular exercise to your routine to make your strength training more effective and to add the fat burning benefit.
Answered 1/4/2016
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I'm very desperate to gain weight. I do weight training 3x/week, easy to lose fat but it is very difficult to increase muscle mass. 115 lbs, 5'6"?
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Hi i would like to build muscle and lose body fat. I used to weight train and have good muscle mass but since stopping training my muscle has gone.
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Can you let me know how many carbs per day for weight training to lose belly fat?
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I'm trying to lose weight (or fat) but also want to put on some muscle. Will weight training work against weight loss ? Lost around 13 kilo so far.
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Should I do strength training and cardio to help gain muscle mass (because i need to gain weight) and also lose belly fat?
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