A lot of guys who want to shred a couple of pounds of fat choose to use popular fat-burning trainings and dieting protocols advertised in the mass media. Unfortunately, the methods propagated by the media are not only problematic but may also bring ugly results in the end. Are you prepared to risk your health for show? Think again.

When you think about losing some belly fat, as a man, I’m pretty sure your end goal is not to become a little skinny bitch! More precisely, you probably want to be fit. You may want to shred some fat, yes, but you also want to retain your strength and even pack some muscles on the way, if possible. Ain’t that right?

Well, contrary to mainstream belief, the best way to do that for one is to follow a protocol that aims at making one stronger.

Here are 5 reasons why training for strength and lifting heavy weights are the best ways to burn fat!

1 – It will increase your metabolism even at rest

The most efficient strategy to burn fat and stay lean is to increase your base metabolic rate “BMR.” That’s the number of calories your body consumes 24/7 even while you rest. By improving your overall athletic and muscular performance, you will quickly increase your BMR for about 300 calories per day, and this will increase even more with time. These 300 calories are the equivalent of running 1 hour on the treadmill each day of the week, and that’s only a side effect of your conditioning. On top of that, each 45minutes session of strength training will burn another extra 500 calories.

You have to understand, the stronger your body becomes, the more calories it will burn during the day even while you are asleep. It’s like putting a bigger engine in your car! The fuel consumption will obviously increase.

2 – It will enforce the right hormonal setting

Your fitness level, and general health for that matter, are highly influenced by your hormonal balance. For example, a strength training protocol that aims at developing your muscle and overall body strength will deeply influence your insulin sensitivity. When you are more or less insulin resistant, your body will be way more prone to store the food you eat as fat. Thus, the progress towards your goal will be sluggish!

By training your muscles with strength training, your will increase their sensitivity to insulin, which means that, instead of being converted straight to fat, sugar and all the other nutrients in your blood stream will be immediately sent into your muscle fibers to restore your glycogen storage and repair micro damages done to muscle fibers after a taxing workout.

Moreover, high volume of cardiovascular exercise, like running or biking, coupled with calorie restrictions, will make your testosterone plummet and cortisol levels rise. This hormonal unbalance will dramatically diminish the desired fat burning effect while compromising your muscular mass.

This means that if you ever end up losing the weight you’re looking for on the scale or in the mirror, you will end up looking like a flabby, weak and skinny fat, exactly the kind of result you have always been trying to avoid.

3 – It will make you look your best

After all those efforts, sacrifices, focus, discipline, time and money, every guy hopes that results will soon be seen, and they would look good enough to be more attractive or increase their status among the other men!

Once fat is gone, what’s left is only the display of a weak undeveloped body.

That would suck ass, right?

You’re not fat anymore, but you’re not fit, strong and sexy either. What a disappointment!

With a good strength training protocol, once the fat is gone, you will be very pleased and proud of your new and fully developed physique. Your will look like a real man, a strong one, a sexy one.

If you plan to put the extra effort in it, why not maximise the result?

4 – It is healthier for your joints and bones

Those programs that aim for fat loss and favor high repetitions with low weights with lots of cardiovascular exercises are just brutal on the joints and have negative impact on your bones, tendons and ligaments.

At the opposite end, strength training improves bone density, makes your tendons and ligament stronger by also keeping your joints healthy, which, in turn, helps prevent injuries and the appearance of other health-related issues that could come down the road when you get older.

5 – It might give you a new passion for health

A great body-conditioning platform is one that you want to follow all your life. If you drop after 6 months, it’s not going to take much time before the fat comes back eradicating all the benefits that you have worked so hard for. So what’s the point?

When it comes to health and physical conditioning, you have to think long-term.

The fact is that those cardiovascular-based programs are incredibly boring, uncomfortable and prone to produce joint, tendon and ligament injuries. Strength training will have a positive impact on all major aspects of your life!

Your mood will be better; you will have better focus, less stress and better sleep. Relationships with women and men will improve, which can also lead to win more money and have more fun in life.

Plus, the feeling of getting stronger is incredibly more addictive than the feeling of being able to run 15 miles, which is totally impractical.

I think, the most addictive part of strength training is the increase in self-confidence that follows when you become fit, strong and sexy. It’s just something that you cannot live without once you get the hang of it.

These smaller benefits constitute only the top of the iceberg. Following a well-developed conditioning program will not only become your passion but also a lifelong habit that is bound to extend your lifespan by at least 10 to 20 years.

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Chuck

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