5 reasons to lose weight with weight training

You want to lose weight, but you don't have time for extensive endurance training? Then losing weight through weight training could be an interesting option for you. Although weight loss is mainly achieved through a calorie deficit, the way to achieve it can differ.

For example, it is often said that the 80 / 20 principle applies for dieting: 80% is made up by diet, only 20% by exercise. This is true, of course. Nevertheless, in this article we would like to show you the importance of weight training and how strength workouts can support weight loss.

With weight training, your body optimally adjusts to weight loss through its hormones and metabolism. In the course of this, you actively counteract the loss of muscles and start to lose unwanted weight.

In terms of time, you will burn more calories than through pure cardio training. Your skin becomes firmer and you shape your figure. However, it should be noted that the combination of weight and cardio training is the best option. We give you 5 main reasons, why you should consider to include strength training in your plan.

A comprehensive weight and strength training, which consists of exercises such as lunges, deadlifts and squats, usually leads to a higher calorie consumption than the exclusive use of the treadmill.

With a complex workout, you work out different muscle groups at the same time, which allows you to achieve even better results. The increased muscle development ensures an increased basal metabolic rate, which in the long run outshines any diets in their effectiveness and counteracts the yo-yo effect.

Muscle mass determines the level of your basal metabolic rate per day. A higher muscle mass ensures an increased calorie consumption without your intervention. That sounds good, doesn't it? However, you can lose some of your muscle mass when you lose weight, because the loss of muscle mass is due to the calorie deficit and the body now takes the nutrients from the muscles.

Strength training is the remedy against muscle loss if you want to lose weight. If you also take enough proteins, you support that prevention. This way your muscles will get the amino acids they need. Weight training signals to the body that the muscles are still needed and should therefore not be degraded.

During weight training you consume more calories than during diets without sports. Immediately after an extensive weight training session, your body initiates the regeneration of the muscles and forms more muscle mass. Depending on the level of exertion, the formation of muscle mass takes a few hours.

You will continue to burn calories even while relaxing to your favorite movie. This often described afterburn effect is stronger in weight training than in endurance training. High-intensity interval training is very effective in afterburning.

You cannot influence the basic shape of the muscles by training. This is genetically determined. However, you have the possibility to build up specific muscle groups and to strengthen and increase the different muscle fibers. Losing weight with weight training gives you a tool for shaping your body, because there are more than 600 muscles in it. You will get a more positive body feeling.

Numerous remedies are touted as fountains of youth. Some are effective, others less so. For example, there are expensive hormone treatments to renew the cells, anti-wrinkle creams or massage devices to tighten the skin. Often, unfortunately, these variants do not work as desired. Strength training to lose weight and maintain your vitality, on the other hand, is a much more proven option.

From the age of 30, the body begins to lose muscle mass on its own. Thus, moderate weight training must take place if only to maintain important muscles and functions. Above all, the muscles are a support for an upright gait and enable you to maintain a healthy posture.

With the right training of your muscles, you can also be mobile in your senior years. Strength training is the best way to counteract the deterioration of your muscles. Of course, this is not an easy way, but it works.

Losing weight with strength training has a positive effect on your body in many ways. You benefit from a strengthened cardiovascular system, just like through cardio training. You get better blood values, more cleaner and firmer skin, more stable bones and your body reacts more sensitively to insulin.

Ideally, you should consider weight training and cardio training aswell to lose weight. This will help you to achieve your desired figure as effectively as possible. For example, it is advisable to complete the strength training unit with 10-15 minutes of moderate cardio training.

During the weight training the body could exhaust the fast available energy suppliers (like carbohydrates). If you now walk uphill for another 15 minutes, the body is in the fat burning zone, which can be optimally utilized with moderate cardio training at the end. Contact one of our club managers to get your individual training plan.