Why Weight Lifting Makes You Lose Weight

You think all that iron you’ve been pumping is just for show?  The more muscle you have, the more weight you will lose.  For every pound of muscle you have, your body burns 50 calories a day just to maintain it.  So let’s say you add 3 pounds of muscle over summer.  You’re amazing body is now burning through 1,050 calories with no additional help.

For all you readers that would like to lose some weight, the wheels in your head are probably churning.  Before you run out and start curling away, think efficiently.  I’ve talked before about dynamic exercises.  Incorporate these multi muscle group exercises to accelerate your muscle building.  For example, go for dumbell squat over concentration curls.

Obviously in our weight lifting for fat lifting scenario, we’re not worrying so much about any particular muscle group.  After all, we want more muscle as fast as we can get it.  You can speed up this process by going for the circuit workout with less time in between sets.

Here is a video of circuit training for fat loss: