05/27/2026
Very informative repost from ... he writes:
You know the point of working out… *Isn’t* to burn calories…
Right?
At least if your goal is to lose fat, build muscle, or a little bit of both
But I get why you might have thought it was🤔
Once you realized that you need to be in a calorie deficit if you want to lose weight, when it comes to the gym, you have two main options:
Either:
1: Lifting weights (which burns about 300-400 calories an hour)
Or 2: Cardio (which burns almost double that…)
And the logical part of your brain steps in and makes one of the easiest decisions it has ever had to make…
If the goal is to make your calorie deficit as big as possible, why WOULDN’T you choose the option that burns more calories?
…
Now I’m going to open your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th eye when it comes to making progress in the gym
➡️ There’s a differnce between burning calories, and getting fit.
And although cardio might burn more calories for the 1-hour you’re in the gym each day…
Lifting weights and getting stronger will help you burn more the *other 23-hours in a day
And as you get stronger over time, will help you burn more in your workouts too, since you’ll be able to handle more and more challenging workouts
If you do this, while focusing on all the other small things you can do to burn more overall, fat-loss and maintenene becomes a LOT easier
