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> You will not actually lose fat by lifting weights, so weight loss is a separate goal altogether. This is both true and not true. If you increase muscle mass,

> You will not actually lose fat by lifting weights, so weight loss is a separate goal altogether. This is both true and not true. If you increase muscle mass, you increase your metabolism, which means your resting metabolic rate increases. However, as they say, abs are made in the kitchen, and a better diet is the quickest, most efficient way to drop fat. But, why not both? The easiest way to drop weight is to stop eating bread and sugar (including beer, i.e. liquid bread). Plus, there are dozens of other benefits to dropping grains and sugar.

stinkytaco 10y ago
> If you increase muscle mass, you increase your metabolism, which means your resting metabolic rate increases. Yes, but not as much as people think [0]. It's about 5 kcals per lb. of muscle (compared to roughly 1 for fat). Your organs consume the vast majority of your calories. An extremely fit person can expect to burn maybe 50-100 kcals more a day than a fat one per pound. It's not nothing, but if you read men's magazines they make it sound like if you lift some weights, you can eat whatever you want. This isn't to say there are not many good reasons to strength train, especially as you age. I just wish people weren't trying to sell benefits that didn't exist when there are so many that do exist. [0]: https://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/metabolismcontroversy.html https://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/metabolismcon... EDIT: I shouldn't say "50-100 per pound", I should say that a fit person can expect to burn 50-100 more than a fat person of the same weight, within a normal weight range.