Lifting Weights is a Must for Weight Loss

I did my weights workout 2 today. My upper body is pretty tired now, especially after swim class. Yep, swim class started back up today. Lucky thing is we only swam for 30 minutes because it was the first day. So far today has been an excellent day. If I can just have 7 and a half more weeks like today, I’ll meet my goals. Here’s the run down for today:

7:00am: 20 minute walk/jog

8:00am: Breakfast - protein & vitamin shake, 1 piece of toast

12:30pm: Lunch - Salad with 2% cottage cheese & Talapia fish

2:00pm: Swim Class (45 min in pool) Drills & Swam 400m after

3:30pm: Snack - Orange, Peanut Butter Sandwich on whole wheat

4:30pm: Gym - 35 minute run on the treadmill (3 miles) & Weights Workout 2: Shoulders, Arms & Abs

Dumbbell Shoulder Press - 3 sets of 10 reps (15lbs)
Barbell Upright Rows - 3 sets of 10 reps (30lbs)
Barbell Curls - 3 sets of 10 reps (30lbs)
Dumbbell Overhead Triceps Extensions - 3 sets of 10 reps (20lbs)

Barbell Bench Press - 3 sets of 10 reps (55lbs)

6:30pm: Dinner - ??

You have to build muscle if you want to lose weight. Everyone knows that, right? Well, apparently it’s true, and many people, including myself, make the mistake of thinking that bumping up the fat burning cardio workouts will do the trick. Not so. Research has shown that lifting weights raises a person’s metabolic rate, which, in turn, increases the burning of calories. This effect lasts a lot longer than when you are doing cardio.