Epic Fitness Wellness Corner - Fundamentals of Fat Loss Part 3
By: Ben Fogel
The Strength Secret
Welcome to Part III of the Fundamentals of Fat Loss! In Part I, we gave an overview. In Part II, I broke down what nutrition needs to look like. In Part III we are going over the secret weapon of fat loss: Strength Training.
As a reminder, you need to consistently do 3 things to make your body burn fat:
Burn more calories than you take in
Strength train 3 days per week
Get plenty of protein
So why strength training? Why not any form of exercise or activity? What defines strength training? These are all the questions we will be answering below. Strength training, is in fact, the “cheat code” to fat loss among many other things.
If you aren’t getting measurably stronger over time, then it isn’t strength training