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Lifting weights to lose weight is a great idea. Resistance training during weight loss can protect muscle and metabolism.

On a really basic level it’s easy to associate cardio with being thin and strength training with being bulky. At the elite level this makes perfect sense, after all the world’s strongest people weigh three times more than the world’s fastest marathon runners. But as intuitive as this may seem it creates a trap for regular people just trying to lean out.

Although most people say they want to lose weight what they really mean is they want to lose fat. And if we diet down without exercising we risk giving up valuable muscle mass. Not only can this affect the way our body looks and feels, but it can make it harder to maintain weight loss in the long run. This is where strength training comes in.

In this seventh section of The Fat Loss Framework we are going to look at how strength training can protect muscle, boost metabolism, improve quality of life and help optimize body composition. We’ll then ask how someone new to strength training can find their strength.