All the Rage – Metabolic Resistance Training | Fit and Firm Females

If you’re looking to lose body fat as quickly as possible, one concept that you must stop and pay attention to is metabolic resistance training.When many people approach their fat loss programs, they divide their workout up into two main components: weight lifting and cardio training.During the weight lifting workout sessions they focus strictly on lifting heavier and heavier weights (this is called progressive overload) in effort to increase muscle and strength.During the cardio side of their training, they work on increasing their heart rate in an effort to burn fat and calories.There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this approach, but, what if you could combine both of these concepts into one quick and extremely effective workout session?That is precisely what metabolic resistance training aims to accomplish.Let’s have a closer peek into what this concept is and how you can go about adding it to your workout regime.What Is Metabolic Resistance Training This form of training is going to have you quickly moving from strength movement to strength movement with very little rest in between.In some cases you may insert a cardio focused activity (such as star jumps or sprints) to break things up a bit, but the primary goal must be to stay moving as often as possible throughout the entire workout session.Note that this doesn’t mean that you should succumb to using very low weights, however. This isn’t a cardio ‘pump’ class that uses five pounders and provides few strengthening benefits.You still do want to be challenging yourself with a weight that works the muscles and brings them to a point of fatigue at around the 8-12 rep mark.This is imperative to creating those complete transformation results that you’re looking for. Light weights simply won’t have nearly the same impact on how your body looks as does using heavier, more challenging weights, so you must be sure not to lighten the load too much.Why This Is So Effective For Fat LossSo what are the benefits to doing such a workout program?

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All the Rage – Metabolic Resistance Training | Fit and Firm Females

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