More Isnt Necessarily Better
When it comes to weight loss,diet is more important than exercise.
Your body burns the majority of its calories by simply keeping you living and breathing.
Burning additional calories, while still beneficial in many contexts, only marginally adds to your caloric total.
Its like taking a paper route when you have a $100,000/year salary.
At the higher end, an extreme amount of exercise on top of a caloric deficitcan actually be detrimental.
He placed each child in a room, where they sat down at a table.
In front of them, a marshmallow.
Mischel then made each child an offer.
He could eat the marshmallow right away or wait for a few more minutes and receive another one.
Almost everyone decided to wait.
Mischel then left the room for twenty minutes.
… the successful children employed for endure the experiment.
They kept themselves distracted.
Their attention was elsewhere.
Weight loss is no different.
Strength training allows you to add additional lean body mass, which burns calories at rest.
If cardio is like paying off a credit card, strength training is like paying a mortgage.
With the latter, youre building an asset over time.
And, best of all, it doesnt take that much time.
This concept is known as progressive overload.
The result is an increase in muscle sizea process known asmuscular hypertrophy.
Of course, everyones exercise tolerance will vary.
Some will do better with more exercise, especially if you especially enjoy activities like cardio.
The important thing to note is that you dontneedto spend hours on exercise when youre on a diet.
Keeping it to a minimum dose might be the best way to not fixate on that proverbial marshmallow.
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