Isnt it true that strength training wont help you get thinner since it burns few calories and adds pounds of muscle?
Strength training can substantially increase the number of calories you burn. A typical session, in which you rest briefly after each muscle-building maneuver, uses up calories at least as fast as walking does. Circuit training, in which you move quickly from one strengthening maneuver to the next, burns calories faster than walking does. And your body continues to burn calories for hours after either type of strength training. More importantly, the muscle you build consumes calories more rapidly, even when you’re not exercising. Regular strength training can boost the average calorie-burning rate by an average of 7 percent, burn off 4 pounds of fat, and can add nearly that much muscle. Since muscle is denser than fat, the individuals presumably become thinner.
