Tuesday's Tip - Weight Training Can Be the Key To Your Success!

Walking or even running can only take you so far when it comes to fitness and weight loss. Your body needs resistance training as well as cardio. A study published in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology found that combining aerobic exercise and resistance training was more effective for improving overall body composition. The combined program resulted in more lean body mass, where cardio alone did not and women lost more weight on the combined program than with just an aerobics class.

What's more, lifting weights increases the number of calories you burn after your workout. A University of Wisconsin study found that when people performed a total-body workout targeting the largest muscle groups of the body, their resting metabolisms stayed elevated for a full 39 hours afterward.

So if your goal is to get more fit, burn more calories, add lean muscle mass and lose fat. Try adding muscle resistance exercises to your routine like squats, lunges, push-ups, shoulder presses and so on.  Body weight exercises and compound free weight exercises are time efficient and will give you the results you want.

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