Friday, December 21, 2007

Cardio Workouts are Not the Fastest Way to Build Muscle and Burn Fat

It may come as a bit of a surprise for many people to know that cardiovascular workouts, so commonly thought to be the best and most efficient way of burning fat, are not all they’re cracked up to be. In fact, with many new health and fitness techniques and equipment available today, there are far more efficient training programs that can help you to lose weight more rapidly. And another good thing is that these regimes are also the fastest way to build muscle.

In recent years there has been a resurgence in the use of treadmills as a way of burning off excess fat and achieving a strong, lean and muscular body. However, spending hours on a treadmill every day, in an effort to get the body shape you want is not the answer, because you put yourself at risk of injury and it can, also, lead to muscle loss.

The fastest way to burn fat and build pure muscles is to add weight resistance training to your regular exercise routine. While this may only seem more like the fastest way to build muscle than the quickest way to lose weight, it actually does both very well.

Weight training, combined with cardiovascular workouts, is the best way for you to achieve the weight loss and body shape you desire. Click here to discover more about the fastest way to build muscle and burn fat

1 comment:

Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainer said...

cardio workouts are definitely not the fastest way to build muscle. they won't build muscle at all.