Fueling the Fat Burn…Strength Training (Part 3)

So far we’ve busted the cardio myth about fat burning and gave you the up and up on how metablolism works and how it relates to fat burning and lean muscle mass.

So you get it, right?  You need to build muscle via strength training to keep that metabolism fire burning hot.  But how?  There is defintiely a “right” way to do this and we are going to tell you how.  If you want to see how it’s done, head down to the studio and get going with an assessment and classes.  Then you’ll not only know it; you’ll have felt how to do it the right way!

Strength training workouts, in general, should be total body workouts that maximize caloric expenditure and emphasize multiple movement patterns.  This type of total body workout should take place pretty much every time you’re in the gym.

Not only that, but the actual performance of the exercise is important too.  Performing exercises correctly maximizes our metabolic rate which creates a caloric deficit that requires fat burning to resolve.  How do you make sure that you’re doing it right?  Coaching, my friend, coaching.  You need to have an experienced set of eyes on you, making sure that every move is efficiently burning calories and ensuring that you are not about to injure yourself.

Every time you perform an exercise improperly, not only are you putting your body at risk for injury, but you’re actually reducing your likelihood of maximizing your caloric output!  And who wants to do all that work for nothing??  Not me!

Watch for the last of this blog series to learn about why what happens outside the gym is just as important as what goes on inside the gym.