Want to burn fat efficiently? Lift weights. 🔥🏋️‍♀️
Strength training doesn’t just burn calories—it reprograms your metabolism. Unlike cardio, which primarily burns calories during exercise, lifting weights builds lean muscle, which is metabolically active and increases your resting metabolic rate (RMR)—meaning you burn more calories even while doing nothing.
Plus, strength training triggers the Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC) effect, also known as the afterburn effect, where your body continues burning calories for up to 48 hours post-workout. In short? More muscle = a faster metabolism = long-term fat loss.
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