Why Those “Circuits” & HIIT cardio Are Ruining Your Fat Loss Results

This post goes along in correlation with yesterday’s post so make sure you read that too!
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Yes HIIT cardio & circuits have their place in weight loss and exercise, but if you’re trying to look leaner or lose weight then you should be incorporating strength training.
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As we stated yesterday, increased lean muscle mass increases our metabolism (which burns more calories).
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After the age of 30, we start LOSING muscle. Our body starts breaking down muscle naturally, leading to a lower metabolism.
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THIS is why it’s so important to incorporate some sort of lifting routine, either at home or in a gym! Repeating workouts for 4-6 weeks at a time allows the body time to change & develop those muscles.
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Our bodies will NOT grow without resistance, right? So we have to make sure we’re repeatedly working those muscles.
When you’re switching up your routine every week, you won’t be able to progress at all meaning NO changes which leads to frustration/burnout.
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Bouncing around doing crazy circuits and HIIT is just glorified cardio, meaning you’re just breaking your muscles down even more
(Which again, leads to decreased metabolism and making it harder to lose weight).
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Making performance based goals for the gym (aka increasing in weight or doing more reps) can help with actually making changes to our bodies instead of focusing on just the “scale”.
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