Hey there guys.
A girl at my work has recently joined a new gym and the personal trainer insists that to tone up and lose the little fat she has, she must start off her programme by doing heavy weights to 'push' the fat out of the muscles/inbetween the muscles.
Is there any truth in this? Does fat actually get into muscle in the first place that then needs 'pushing' out? I assumed fat was always stored outside and around the muscle.
Secondly, I thought it was a mixture of dieting and exercise that was the breaks down and uses up fat stores? I would've thought higher reps of weights and cardio would be the better way to burn off fat rather then heavy lower reps. Does the heavy weight actually do any good (more effort needed to lift it, therefore more energy being exerted?) or any sort of fat 'pushing'?
I was a little confused by it all, what do you guys make of it?
Cheers
A girl at my work has recently joined a new gym and the personal trainer insists that to tone up and lose the little fat she has, she must start off her programme by doing heavy weights to 'push' the fat out of the muscles/inbetween the muscles.
Is there any truth in this? Does fat actually get into muscle in the first place that then needs 'pushing' out? I assumed fat was always stored outside and around the muscle.
Secondly, I thought it was a mixture of dieting and exercise that was the breaks down and uses up fat stores? I would've thought higher reps of weights and cardio would be the better way to burn off fat rather then heavy lower reps. Does the heavy weight actually do any good (more effort needed to lift it, therefore more energy being exerted?) or any sort of fat 'pushing'?
I was a little confused by it all, what do you guys make of it?
Cheers