Strength training and aerobics for wellbeing
Submitted by Curves for Women
WANT TO KNOCK OFF WEIGHT and fire up your metabolism so it naturally keeps pounds and belly fat off for good? You can do both: The trick is to follow a workout that mixes cardio and strength-training.”Because high-intensity workouts have you working harder than low-intensity ones,you burn more calories in the same amount of time,” explains Gary Hunter,PhD, an exercise physiologist who specializes in metabolism research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Heart-racing exercise boosts your metabolism for 24 to 48 hours after you’ve done sweating.
Strength training builds muscles all over- and since muscle burns more calories than fat (even when you’re lounging around in your jammies), the more muscle you have, the higher your resting metabolic rate will be. “Every pound of muscle burns 30-35 calories a day, while a pound of fat burns only 2-5 calories per day.”says Liz Applegate, PhD, director of sports nutrition at University of California, Davis. That means if you replace fat with muscle, you’ll be torching loads of extra calories without lifting a finger.
So get started on a complete program of strength training and aerobics and a sound and sensible nutrition program and watch the pounds fall off.
