Weight training for losing fat

Yes, it is true. Research has shown that by incorporating weight training into your workout regimen, it is more effective than aerobics in losing weight. You gain muscle which replaces fat. Strength training also jumpstarts your metabolism which stays raised after you have finished exercising and you continue to burn fat, even at rest.

Hi viru, Yes, Muscle burns more fat. Weight training is increasingly recommended as a fat-busting tool because some experts say extra muscle burns more energy than body fat at rest, so if you develop more muscle and have a higher muscle to fat ratio than before, you must burn extra energy and more stored fat as a result. This is true and has been shown in metabolic studies. However, the differences are not that dramatic; perhaps less than a few tens of calories per day for each pound of muscle increased, for most people. Does that mean you shouldn’t worry about weight training? Certainly not, because weight training has many other benefits for health and performance, not the least of which is extra muscle. It’s just that this advantage has been somewhat overstated and we need to get this fat burning thing right in order to develop the best weight loss and performance programs. The 'afterburn', or the amount of energy you use after you stop exercising, has been promoted as an important slimming idea. If you can get afterburn, which is really another way of saying your metabolism increases for several hours or longer after a particular exercise, then that’s a bonus because you burn fat during the exercise and after you cease as well. Will the fun ever stop!

I am somehow would agree on that, if you manage what you are eating then you have the possibility of burning your fat in order to loss some unwanted weight.