Forget The Elliptical… Lift Weights To Lose Weight!

109.gizmodo.com According to Women’s Health Magazine, only one fifth of women lift weights two or more times a week. Why is this number so low? When many of us are looking to lose weight, burn calories and shed the pounds, our first instinct is to put in some serious hours on the treadmill or the elliptical. We hold fast to the old belief that cardio will help us burn fat and drop inches, and weight training will increase our weight as we gain muscle. But is it possible to achieve fat loss through strictly weight training and little to no cardio? The answer is yes. One of the most common misconceptions is that cardio alone will get us to our fitness goals, whether we’re looking to drop pounds, tone up and maintain this loss over a long period of time.