Lifting weights as good as running for fat loss

By lifting weights you can burn as many calories as with running or jogging. Also exercising the muscles can work preventive for diabetes.

A British research shows that you train certain muscles with weight training, which also use energy and burn calories while you are resting. These are a different kind of muscles than those that are build up by jogging.

The researchers think that you also get more muscle mass by lifting weights. Your whole body and metabolism profit from this. According to the scientists this is the same results you get from jogging. By jogging you improve you overall condition and your metabolism.

For elderly people lifting weights is a good option to achieve weight loss and to stay fit. Elderly people often cannot practice sports that increase stamina, like jogging, and don’t exercise at all anymore.

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