Is Burning Body Fat More Important Than Adding Muscle?

It boggles my mind that so many people are obsessed with gaining muscle mass, when it is burning body fat and slimming down that makes your body attractive.

Losing body fat also drastically improves health.

So why are so many people focusing their efforts on the wrong part of a good workout?

Lifting Weights is Much More Fun Than Cardio

Lifting weights is more fun than running on a treadmill for 30 minutes, but that doesn’t mean it is where you spend the majority of your time.

Everyone enjoys the lifting part of the workout because it is immediately rewarding.

Your muscles instantly look better after just a bit of lifting. Cardio is more of a long-term deal.

You don’t look that much better after a hard cardio workout… you will see the effects weeks later.

Gaining Muscle is Actually Easier than Getting Lean

Guys in the free-weight room try to give you the impression that lifting is tough.

Gaining muscle is actually extremely easy… just lift for a lot of sets and try to get stronger in the 6-12 rep range.

After your workout is done, go home and eat a protein-rich meal.

Getting lean involves pushing past the pain barrier a bit and expending energy.

Improving Muscle Tone Involves Stricter Eating Than Gaining Muscle

When you are trying to gain muscle, you get to pig out a bit.

If you are trying to get lean, you have to avoid a lot of food temptations.

It also involves at least 30 minutes of cardio, which isn’t always fun.

Those So-Called “Tough” Free-Weight Guys Are Actually Doing Easy Workouts Compared to HIIT Cardio

The ironic thing about guys in the weight room is that they are the ones doing the easy workout.

Don’t let the obnoxious “macho” behavior and grunting fool you… lifting weights is easy.

You never run out of breath, you get to rest, and it never really hurts like a hardcore cardio workout can.

In a funny way, the slim 25-year-old girl on the exercise bike is tougher than the 240 pound lifter in the free-weight room.

Putting on Too Much Muscle Will Make it Tough to Look Good in Stylish Clothing

I would recommend that people spend 2/3 of their time in the gym on cardio and the other third lifting.