Boxing Vs. Weight Lifting for Fat Loss

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Boxing Vs. Weight Lifting for Fat Loss
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• Boxing and weight lifting are similar in that
  both are workout regimens strongly associated
  with "macho" attitudes. However, the similarities
  stop right about at that point. Both use
  different training methods, schedules and
  exercises to achieve different fitness goals. In
  terms of fat loss, which is best depends on how
  those methods affect your body.

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Boxing Basics

• Boxing as a sport means training to prepare
  yourself for a fight in the ring. However, many
  boxing practitioners simply attend class for the
  fitness and self-defense benefits of the
  training. A typical boxing session lasts about
  one hour, split between sparring, practice
  drills, resistance training and light activity
  like stretching or receiving instruction. Hobby
  boxers typically attend class two or three times
  per week, while competitive fighters train five
  or six times.

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Weight Lifting Basics

• Weight lifting is all about strength, though body
  builders may also be concerned about appearance
  aspects such as size or definition. In a session
  of weight lifting, an athlete will go through a
  progression of exercises where he lifts heavy
  weights to develop his strength and endurance.
  Sessions may work through the whole body, or they
  might focus on a single area such as the legs or
  arms. Weight lifting programs might consist of
  two to three general sessions or four or five
  specialized workouts.

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Fat Loss Basics

• You burn fat when you achieve a state of negative
  calorie imbalance. If you burn more calories than
  you eat, your body has to get the excess energy
  from somewhere. It gets it by burning calories it
  stored earlier as fat. When it accesses that fat
  energy, you burn fat and lose weight. From an
  exercise standpoint, how many calories a workout
  burns is the most important factor when it comes
  to losing body fat.

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Calories Burned

• According to health resource website
  NutriStrategy, a 155-pound person will burn
  between 200 and 500 calories per hour of weight
  lifting, depending on how vigorous he makes his
  workouts. A session of boxing training, assuming
  equal parts of the various activities involved,
  will burn about 500 to 600. By this standard,
  boxing training is better from a fat loss
  standpoint than training with weights.