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Here’s the common phrase when someone wants to “lose” their belly: “I have to start running!” In reality, this can be doubly harmful. One should not burn excess fat without extracting it from a fat cell (which stores fat). You first have to eliminate it from the bloodstream, and then use it as energy.
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Weight training is often a solution to avoid metabolic inflexibility. Short, intense activity seems to cause immense fat to spread in the bloodstream, apparently speeding up the recovery process. When you do intense cardiovascular training you certainly want to reach a high level of preparedness and you will want to maintain it for a long time. And there is only one moment of recovery, precisely the one when you use less energy than during a workout.
