Drop Kilos Through Strength Training

Strength training tones and builds muscle WHILE burning away fat, so it’s actually MORE effective long term for staying lean than straight cardio!

Yep, you read that right — you CAN drop kilos with strength training! You’re probably skeptical, but I’m completely serious.

NO cardio is needed for weight loss.

Have I got your attention yet?

Strength training is an exercise, and it burns calories like any other form of movement.

In fact, it tones and builds muscle WHILE burning away fat, so it’s actually MORE efficient and effective long term for staying lean than straight cardio!

Strength training is a passion of mine, and it’s a hobby that has changed my life in many ways.

It has taught me a lot, and blew away any misconceptions I had about losing weight.

You see, this type of exercise builds muscle, which, while you notice the fat drop off your body, exercise like this does not change the scale weight in the way you expect.

Why?

Because muscle weighs more than fat, but that’s another blog post altogether!

Today, I want to tell you how you can head to the gym, not touch the cardio machines, and still see the results you crave.

Weight training creates what everyone likes to call the “after-burn effect”.

While cardio will burn calories for the duration of exercise, it stops once you stop working out.

Lifting weights however… well, you can be burning calories for up to 72 hours later!

But you have to work for that kind of after burn — you have to work hard!

Investing in a personal trainer, for at least one session is a great place to start.

Gaining tips and tricks on how to use equipment, and what exercises to do will really boost your results in the long run — it is worth the one-off cost when you can feel confident in the weights room.

You’ll arrive each session knowing what to do, and will smash through your workout with more intensity as a result.

But you have to lift HEAVY.

Those 2kg dumbbells for your bicep curls need to be a thing of the past (unless of course you’re injured or just not physically able to up the weight).

Lift to what‘s called ‘failure’ — where, when you get to your last set of 10–12 you can only get yourself to 8.

That means you’ve burned your muscle out and are really pushing yourself to the limits.

This is where the magic happens.

Calories are burned when you lift to failure on your sets. Your heart rate spikes, and you start to sweat.

No need for cardio when you lift to failure and really push yourself.

Be smart about your time too.

Don’t waddle about dilly-dallying between machines or the weights floor — this is where having a PT session so you KNOW what you need to do really helps.

You want to make the most of those reps to failure and be pumping through exercises as a matter of priority. Socialise, sure, but stick to your plan.

Don’t skip, don’t rest for too long and focus.

You will see the weight drop off when you use your time as wisely as you can when in the gym.

Lifting changed my life.

Cardio for me is just a tool now that I have mastered the art of simply lifting to burn my calories.

If cardio isn’t your thing, it can be done — and even if you love to run as well as lift, there is no problem with that at all! But know that endless hours of running do not need to be a priority if you focus on lifting.

You can achieve your weight loss goals through lifting alone, just apply yourself and smash those weights!

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