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SOURCES: Medical Reference from Medstar Television. American Council on Exercise. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
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Gin McErlane is no stranger to working out, but a demanding job had kept her out of the gym.
I was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure. So um, one of the goals is I wanna get my blood pressure under control and, and become healthier and my husband and I wanna have children. So it's preparing the temple for the Buddha so to speak.
Since it had been awhile, she consulted a trainer to help her get started.
She went over a, a brief routine for me. Which was mostly um, weight training. Um, maybe five ten minutes of cardio just to warm up the muscles and then doing weights. So I followed that for awhile and uh, after three months was reevaluated and she had told me that I actually gained body fat.
Gin panicked and called an old friend, a fitness professional who stresses the importance of cardio.
If you're looking to start a weight reduction program, you really have to focus it heavy on cardio. Add the weight training in as you go along, but if you're looking to really reduce weight, reduce fat mass in your body, and I think that's typically what people say when they say I wanna lose weight.
Anne says you can't rely on weightlifting or the muscles you build to burn fat.
You really need to do cardio, weight training, and flexibility. And I know that's not the popular answer. In the weight training you're not going to burn fat as a primary fuel source unless you have the cardio to back it up, so it's linked.
Now, Gin's a believer in cardio.
I'm down a dress size and half.
And sizing up better health along the way. For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.
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