Happy New Year! How many of us resolve to lose weight this new year?… Again. Me too. What separates those who succeed from those who don’t. The answer is not a huge amount of effort, a strict diet with chicken and steamed broccoli or even doing an hour or two of cardio every day. The answer is weight training or resistance training. Resistance training increases your resting metabolism so you could burn more calories (think body fat) at rest. Research shows that 30 minutes of resistance training 3 days per week can have a profound effect on a weight-loss program. Resistance training can be done at home for any of us who do not wish to go to a gym. Personally I prefer going to the gym for my workouts because it ensures that I’m there to do a job and I get the workout done. But the truth is many people are intimidated by Jim’s or are not yet ready to make a commitment to join a gym. Don’t forget to drink water to stay hydrated. More on that here. Walk don’t run: Three days a week of resistance training and 3 to 4 days of cardiovascular training perform consistently week after week over the course of time can change anybody. If you’re new to working out was almost to walk one quarter of a mile three times over the next two weeks. After those two weeks resolve to walk a quarter-mile three days in one week. That will be enough to start getting you feeling better and begin to increase your energy levels on the day you do walk. The motivation would be to walk so you could have more energy because it makes you feel good. Our next entry will focus more on phase 2. If this is working for you drop us a note or a comment as a form of encouragement to our readers.