Strength training burns more fat than cardio because building muscle raises your resting calorie burn. Cardio only burns calories while you're doing it, but strength training creates an after-burn effect that keeps burning energy for hours after you stop.
Most people are wasting time at the gym doing all the wrong exercises. If your goal is to build muscle and burn fat, you've been misled. Today I'm going to show you the science behind strength training that will help you sculpt your body faster and more effectively than any amount of cardio ever could. Make sure you stick with me because by the end of this video, you'll know exactly what you need to do to start building muscle and burning fat efficiently. So why is strength training more effective than endless hours of cardio when it comes to body composition? The answer lies in something called muscle hypertrophy. Muscle hypertrophy is simply the process of growing your muscle fibers by pushing them to adapt to heavier loads. And guess what? Muscle burns fat even while you're resting. That means by building more muscle, you're increasing your body's ability to burn fat 24/7, even when you're watching Netflix on the couch. What most people don't realize is that cardio primarily burns calories while you're doing it. But once you stop, the calorie-burning process slows down. On the other hand, strength training not only burns calories during the workout but also long after, thanks to something called EPOC— excess post-exercise oxygen consumption.
