Fit Tip # 2 Hit the Weights

You 'd think this is basic information and it is, but it stands to be reiterated and I will do so. Cardio is not enough if you want to change your body, you have to weight train. I used to come across this all the time when I used to work in the major gym's and still today with my clients. There is a misnomer that cardio is the way to burn calories and lose weight. Now Cardio is important for your cardiovascular health for building a strong heart muscle, strengthening your pulmonary system etc. And while yes you can burn calories doing so you really only burn calories for the amount of time you are running, on a treadmill or outdoors, biking or whatever your cardio of choice may be. If you do half an hour and then you turn around and eat a power bar of some sort you have essentially eaten the calories you have just expended.

Now don't get me wrong cardio is also important so that you become a better fat-burning machine but if you want to really lose weight, transform and sculpt your body You HAVE to weight train. When you weight train, resistance train etc you build muscle that burns calories even when you are not working out contrary to a cardio workout where you are really only burning while doing the exercise. It takes more calories to keep a muscle alive than fat tissue. So the more muscles you build the more calories you burn. Now as you build more muscle by doing weight training activities and become a better fat burning machine by doing cardio you will lose weight and transform your body. Now of course there is the aspect of eating healthfully but that is a topic for another day.

Now there is a lot more information on this topic to come but in the meantime start to do some form of resistance workout or get back to your weight training it is integral to your health and YOU WILL TRANSFORM YOUR BODY!