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health articles 371 [9251]Fast Track to Healthy Weight Loss: Exercise Youve heard it all before... weight loss exercise is an important part of any diet plan. And you know that exercise not only helps us shed pounds but it also improves our health and mental state at the same time. But do you know how it works to accomplish all that? And do you know the best way to incorporate weight loss and exercise into your life? Thats what this article is about. Metabolism and Weight Loss Exercise not only burns calories. It also raises your metabolism. Thats your bodys ability to burn calories. So exercise can cause calories to be burned at a higher rate, even after the workout is over. You can imagine the beneficial effect this has on your overall weight loss! Exercise is also the best way to change your body composition. Why is that important? Your body is composed of different types of tissue: muscle and fat are the two were mostly concerned with. Muscles require energy and burn calories even when youre sleeping or resting. But not fat. Fat cells store calories. So it just makes sense that having more muscle than fat will allow you to eat more food (yes you read that right!), be stronger, and look more fit. And the only way to get a greater muscle / fat ratio is through sensible weight loss exercise. As you lose weight you want to try your best to maintain muscle mass by eating enough calories and protein, and by exercising routinely. Heres how the weight loss exercise equation looks: Add more muscle your metabolism will run faster youll burn more calories and lose weight faster and find it easier to keep the weight off. 3 Types of Weight Loss Exercise: 1. ANAEROBIC EXERCISE: This is exercise that calls for short spurts of energy, like sprinting or weight training. It burns carbs and encourages muscles to grow. That speeds up the metabolism and makes for a tight, firm physique. One of the fastest forms of weight loss exercise is weight train