Lifting Weights: Get Fit,
Burn Fat
Fitness and Fat-Burning
Combined
Lifting weights is a reasonable
way to improve fitness and burn body fat. Using weights burns calories
and - if combined with a calorie-controlled diet - will cause the body
to burn fat-tissue - including abdominal fat. In addition, using weights
helps to develop the arm and upper body muscles, so you get fit and reshape
your body.
Weights Improves Fat Percentage
About 45 minutes of Hand
weights burns about 158 calories. In one year, this daily workout burns
a total of 57,670 calories per year - about 16.5 pounds of stored body
fat. This fat-burning improves the body's fat-percentage - the muscle-to-fat
ratio.
Weights: Fat-Burning
Health Benefits
Because it helps to burn
body-fat, a regular fitness workout (like weights) contributes to better
health in several ways. It helps reduce abdominal fat, associated with
serious illness; it assists weight control, thus maintaining healthy cholesterol
levels and blood pressure. Finally, it releases endorphins the
happiness chemicals that improve mood. These health benefits are further
boosted by a balanced eating-plan.
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