It is normal for people to do cardiovascular exercise, rather than strength training if they want to lose weight through exercise in any program for weight loss.  There are not many people know that only strength training can really help in building lean muscle and thus boost your metabolism and enable calories burning 24 hours a day.

Of course cardiovascular exercise is very important to maintain our overall health, and we should perform it regularly.  Anyhow, strength training is much more effective to be performed for losing body fat purpose.  Please have a look at benefits of strength training article if you would like to know more about it.

If you are just about to know regarding strength training, here are 6 common questions and misconceptions about it that might help you:

1) Will I bulk up?

This is a commonly asked question especially for the women who want to perform strength training.  The answer is “no”.  The potential of muscle-building for men is enhanced by the presence of testosterone.  However, it is not so easy to become bulky even with the testosterone.  It is more clearly that women have very little opportunity bulking up as they do not enjoy the benefit of similar testosterone levels.

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It is very important to understand different weight loss methods in the market before you decide to join any program for weight loss.  With one over six of world population being affected by overweight issue, weight loss creates a multi-billion dollar business opportunity and this will definitely attract various companies to get involved and try gaining market share in this industry.

If you are being overweight and have excess body fat, you need to clearly know losing fat is totally different with losing weight.  In a healthy weight loss program, a loss in weight might just be a loss in body fluid or loss in lean muscle tissues.  Only loss in body fat and gain in lean muscle mass will let you enjoy lasting weight loss results, and thus be the correct weight loss method in the market.

Below are some of current weight loss methods in the market and possible side effects for your references.

Weight loss method #1: Slimming Drugs
Ephedrine: Controls cravings.
Side effects: Insomnia, constipation, hallucination

Diuretic: Loss of water, causing decrease in weight for temporarily
Side effects: Nausea, dizziness, lower blood pressure

Slimming pills (prescription): Lipase inhibitor
Side effects: Diarrhea, bloating

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Whether we need a weight loss supplement in a program for weight loss is always a controversial topic.  One of my overweight friends said that weight loss supplement was not working most of the time as his friends gained back their weight after stop taking those supplements.  I totally agree with him.  My only advice is: If you know nothing about weight loss concept, never ever jump into any program for weight loss or take any weight loss supplement.  If you do, you would probably have the same results of gaining weight after ceasing the program.

There is no short cut in slimming down and maintaining healthy body weight.  Keeping a healthy body weight is not a three or six-month job, it is indeed a whole life job.  You need to exercise and have a balance diet habit at your daily lives at the first place.  Anyhow, your weight loss goal is easier to be achieved if you add some weight loss supplements in your weight loss schedule.  And, you need to know some scenarios you might face in any ways to lose weight.  This will help you to gain better understanding about weight loss progress.

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In a fitness program, target heart rates let you measure your initial fitness level and monitor your exercise progress.  This approach requires measuring your pulse periodically as you exercise and staying within 50 to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. This range is called your target heart rate.

We need to know our heart rate during the fitness program, especially in a program for weight loss.  The easiest way is measured by using a heart rate monitor.  If you don’t have one, then your heart rate can be measured by using two fingers placed on your pulse either at the neck, or on the wrist.  Measure for 10 seconds where start counting from 0 (instead of 1), 1, 2, 3…..  and multiply the number by 6. You will get your heart rate per minute.

Maximum Heart Rate
Maximum Heart Rate is a measure of the maximum number of times your heart can safely beat per minute in the fitness program. This figure will decline with age.

Maximum Heart Rate = 220 – Age

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