| If you want to lose weight, realistically you are going | | | | day than you take in, you will lose weight. While this |
| to eventually have to add in some sort of exercise. | | | | does work for many people, there is something |
| Dieting alone simply will not do it on its own. Exercise | | | | missing. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, cardio only |
| will help you burn extra calories so that you can get | | | | burns weight when you do it; not on days off. The |
| extra pounds off your body. While some try to do | | | | missing piece is weight training. read on to learn why. |
| this without exercise it's hard. It may work when you | | | | Weight training is something that you can focus on |
| are young but after approximately your 20s, and | | | | to maximize weight loss. The advantage that weight |
| sometimes even in your 20s, you need exercise as | | | | training has is that you will build some muscle which |
| well. Fortunately there is a wide variety of exercises | | | | helps you lose fat. While to some this might not be |
| available both with cardio and weight training. | | | | the overall goal as you are attempting to get smaller, |
| When it comes to exercising, there are many things | | | | it will give you the results that you are looking for. |
| that can be done. You can do cardiovascular routines | | | | The reason is that the muscle on your body will be |
| like running, cycling, aerobics, skiing, playing sports, | | | | burning calories all day long. Doing the cardio for |
| and others. You can also do weight lifting routines | | | | weight loss does work, but for many people with |
| such as free and/or using resistance machines to build | | | | weight training there are many more positive long |
| muscle and tone your body. Which one of these is | | | | term results. |
| better to focus on? | | | | The reality is that you can pick either one. Doing a |
| Cardiovascular exercise will burn calories, no doubt | | | | little of both is even better. Don't fall into the eating |
| about that. It's not something that might work, it will | | | | trap though. It's hard to exercise and lose weight |
| work, and it can work extremely well. The more of | | | | when you have a bad diet. You can't eat whatever |
| this that you do the more calories that you will burn, | | | | you want. If your eating doesn't get under control, it |
| it's that simple really. If you burn more calories that | | | | will be difficult to lose weight. |