There’s a cardio machine in your fitness center that you may have never considered using. There may be only one of them, placed unassumingly amidst the rows of stationary bikes and elliptical machines. You may not even know what it is. But this piece of cardio equipment hits about 85 percent of your muscles, and can burn about 600-1,000 calories per hour.
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard female clients tell me they don’t want to bulk up, that they skip strength training because they’re just trying to lose weight. When they come to the gym, they hop on the cardio equipment and nothing else. Every single day. The problem with this type of workout exclusively, if you’re trying to lose weight, is this simple fact: Strength training added to cardio and a healthy diet burns way more fat than cardio and diet alone. And, women do not possess the genetic make-up to become bulky through weight-lifting. Lean and muscular, yes. Bulky, NO! …
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