When nowadays exercise routine most people will start with traditional cardio-vascular exercise; they will try some jogging, walking, cycling or perhaps some   

gym focus on a cross trainer or rower.

This type of exercise is important and will have lots of health benefits, not least making you fitter, but it's merely a area of the health and weight loss

equation.

Strength training is at least, or even more important; especially for slimming down and keeping it off. It's also one of the most neglected areas of

exercise, specifically for those only starting out.

Your muscles are needed for each movement that you do, from blinking to standing to running. They're even using energy as you watch TV. Your weight is

determined by energy in vs energy out, so lean muscle (and weight training) is a very useful tool to lose more energy. They play a vital role in weight

reduction and maintenance.

Your muscles are, as mentioned above, functioning continuously, therefore the more we have and also the more toned they're, the greater fuel we'll need all

day long, every single day. Although cardio-vascular exercise will burn plenty of calories when you are doing it and for a short while afterwards (with

respect to the intensity of exercise), it won 't increase calorie output all the time. Weight training, however, will! Increasing the tone and quantity of

muscle we have is much like replacing a 1.2 litre engine in a vehicle having a 2 litre. Which 2 litre is going constantly. It requires more fuel. Combined

with sensible eating lean muscle mass will lead weight reduction that stays off.

Adam AtkinsonCorrespondingly, loss of lean muscle will depress the metabolic rate the amount of fuel we need to function. This explains why crash diets look

wonderful on the scales but don 't last. Even though you will forfeit fat, additionally, you will lose muscle.