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Old 09-13-2007, 02:41 PM
bedris bedris is offline
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Originally Posted by leaferguy View Post
More lean muscle will help to increase the metabolic rate, but that alone won't do enough to lose that fat.
On the contrary, Leafer, the fact that your metabolic rate is higher means that you're burning far more calories overall by strength training than you are by doing aerobic exercise.
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