Can I lose body fat on a slow-speed strength-training program?
Slow-speed training is essential to a successful change in body composition. While properly performed strength training burns more calories per minute than any other activity, it is actually the maintenance of or increase in muscle mass that gives slow-speed training the advantage over other activities when fat loss is the desired result. Reduced calorie diets alone or in conjunction with “aerobic” activity are not nearly as effective for long-term fat loss as slow-speed strength training and a moderately reduced calorie diet. Research has shown that strength training in conjunction with a moderately reduced calorie diet is more effective for fat-loss than the combination of diet, aerobics, and strength training, or diet and aerobics alone.
