Research: Why lots of people are not able to get rid of fat

www.makeyourbodywork.com Not long ago I read a fascinating quotation that relates to many aspects of life:

"J.B.S. Haldane, one of the more eccentric and remarkable biologists of the 20th century, identified four stages in the acceptance of a new basic principle.

1. This is worthless nonsense. 2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view. 3. This is true, but quite unimportant. 4. I always said so."

It is true. We dislike change, may it be change in how we do things or change in the manner we think. While I can think of many fitness-specific instances of this in action, I'd like to focus on only one: How people seek to lose fat utilizing cardio exercise.

What is the most effective way to get rid of fat? For a long time most people have concluded that eating less and doing lots of cardiovascular-based exercises like running, cycling, or taking aerobic exercise classes is really a sure-fire approach. Extensively held is the incorrect idea that additional cardiovascular training equates to more fat loss. Like Haldane stated, it will take some time to change the fat-loss paradigm in the direction of a more correct solution that reflects current research and comprehension.

To help move us along that path Make Your Body Work (www.makeyourbodywork.com) wants to reveal to you the outcomes of an interesting fat-loss study: "The effects of resistance vs. aerobic training coupled with an 800 calorie diet plan on lean body mass and resting metabolic rate" in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

I'm certain you noticed the 800-calorie diet! This particular research is set up to reproduce how people often attempt to shed fat...The "all-out" approach that includes lots of exercising and very few calories consumed. Here's how it performed: There were two groups (men and women, all age 38). For 12 weeks one group consumed 800 calories per day and did aerobic fitness exercise (i.e. going for walks, running, cycling) for 4 hours per week while the second group had the same diet but completed bodyweight strength training exercises for 3 hours per week utilizing a circuit of 10 distinct exercises.

What happened?

Both groups shed weight. But, the cardio group shed a LOT more muscle tissue weight and so a lot less fat than the bodyweight exercise training group. Remarkably, the cardiovascular performance of both groups increased at the same exact pace though one group hadn't carried out any aerobic training right through the experiment!

So if you would like to boost aerobic performance, get stronger, and reduce weight, use intense resistance training workouts like the ones coached at www.makeyourbodywork.com. Maybe it won't be a long time before most people are saying, "I always said so."