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Research suggests long-term weight loss results will be better when you combine cardio with strength training. Cardio can help you hit the calorie deficit needed to lose weight. However, you will burn more calories in a single session if you combine strength training and cardio; you can get the best of both worlds: fat loss and muscle gain leading to lean body mass, especially when combined with a healthy eating plan—low-carbohydrate, low-GI, high fibre (see our blog posts on Complex versus Simple or Processed Carbohydrates).

While a cardio workout will help you burn more calories during a training section, strength training enables you to keep burning those calories throughout the day. This is because it increases your resting metabolic rate—muscle burns more calories at rest than fat does.

Experts recommend thirty minutes of low-impact strength training with full-body emphasis three times per week. Slender Solutions are starting such training classes.
The classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 pm in the pilates centre in our rooms. We will start with basic weight-bearing exercises but if you have small hand-held weights, ankle weights or therabands that you want to use for extra resistance, bring them along. Don’t forget your water bottle!!!

Cost: R100 per class. Please RSVP to Isabel at 0828261819 if you are interested in joining.