This is one of the interesting topics in weight loss exercise, especially for the women because they scare of bulking up after performing strength and resistance training in their program for weight loss. Some of my friends are told that they have to lift heavy weight for fewer repetitions to build muscle. In the case they only want to tone muscle or build endurance, they should do less weight and more repetitions in the weight loss exercise.
Is that true? The answer is no. In fact, you must overload the muscle in order to stimulate it through strength and resistance training. There are basically 3 stages to make the muscle overloaded in this weight loss exercise: Working repetition, fatigue and muscular failure. Please refer how to build lean muscle article if you would like to have more detailed information about these 3 stages, especially you are in a program for weight loss.
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