Why Rest is Vital for Weight Loss

Less is More when Training for Fat Loss!

As it's Sunday - the day of rest - today's post is about the importance of rest and it's significance on burning fat and helping you lose weight. In order to reap the benefits from the intense exercise, recommended in this blog to lose weight, you must get adequate rest. In fact, rest is just as important as the actual exercise.

During high intensity resistance exercise, muscles experience tiny injuries or tears. The body's response is to adapt and repair, getting stronger and larger muscles, which of course leads to burning more fat and results in weight loss and a leaner body. But this growth and repair process won't take place if you do not get sufficient rest and you will experience poor results. You won't burn fat the way you should, and you will just end up demotivated or possibly giving up your fat loss efforts altogether.

When giving the body an intense stimulus, such as proper weight training, you can't do this everyday. If you did, you would quickly over train your muscles and negate your body's ability to recover from exercise. Your immune system could become so worn down in fact, that you might even get sick. And this repair and recover process doesn't happen overnight, it usually takes 2 days or more, So make sure to keep between 1-3 days of rest between your properly conducted resistance training workouts, or you will be short-circuiting your chances of success to burn fat and build lean, strong, muscle.

So remember to get enough rest between workouts and also sufficient sleep each night so that you can build the fat burning muscle that will help you transform your body.

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Warning: If you have any concerns over your ability to exercise or you have any known medical conditions it is always recommended to consult with your doctor before undertaking any exercise programme.