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Originally Posted by Marcellus
It will have a longer calorie burning effect after the exercise is complete but if you burn more calories lifting than you do from cardio you aren't doing shit for cardio.
The principal behind lifting to lose weight is simple, muscle uses calories, fat doesn't so more muscle mass equals more calories needed just to maintain weight.
Its not that the exercises used in lifting is burning those calories faster.There is negligible calorie burn from lifting compared to cardio.
IMO anyone wanting to lose weight should lift and do whatever cardio they can. Add a good diet to that and you have a 3 fold effect.
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It's possible to do a lot of cardio during weights, so long as you aren't taking 5 minutes between sets. I wouldn't call the "during" negligible in that case. As long as you keep the heart rate up, you can burn a ton of calories during weight training.
The great thing about lifting is the lean body mass changes one undergoes. Where most people fail is that cardio tends to me you hungrier than lifting, so you have a tendency to overeat a bit more. If you have self control, though, that's not a problem.