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How is weight training help me lose fat?

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Dr. Adarsh Gupta answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

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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