Give your running shoes a rest: Adding strength training to your exercise routine looks like the best way to slash fat and
strengthen the heart. In a new study, one group of volunteers walked or jogged five times a week, while another replaced two
workouts with strength sessions (three sets of each resistance move). Those who strength-trained did 30 percent less aerobic
exercise -- yet performed 7 percent better on tests of maximum aerobic capacity. They also lost 2 percent of their body fat; the
volunteers who simply walked or jogged lost none.
Strength training increases muscle mass, which burns fat faster -- and the pudge it melted was mostly the heart-risky abdominal
kind. What this means: If you add some basic strength training, you can ease up on the cardio yet wind up more fit -- and your
body will look better too.
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Strength Training for Weight Loss and Heart Health
Slash fat while you strengthen your heart!
By Elena Rover
From Reader's Digest
You are right. Recently I realized that I’ve hit a plateau and changed my exercising routine adding more strength training. This works really great and now I drop a few pounds! Here is one more good article explaining why aerobic training is not necessary for weight loss: http://schoolofyourbody.com/?p=82