Running burns calories while you’re running. Weight training burns calories while you’re doing it and for hours to days afterward as muscles are repaired and grow.
Both will do great things for your health in general and help burn off fat. (Though weight training may not be as noticeable on the bathroom scale – muscle weighs more than fat, so if you’re gaining muscle as you lose fat, you might not lose any weight at all; you might actually gain weight. But it will still get rid of fat.) Which type of exercise is right for you depends mostly on what your idea of ‘in shape’ means.
If you’re just trying to be less fat, anything that burns calories is good … but the main way you lose weight is at the table. Put the fork down. Drink water instead of juice or soda. A small change in diet will be more effective than even a very intense workout regime.
If you’re trying to be more muscular and attractive, then weight training should likely be a huge part of that.
And if you’re trying to get into shape in order to be able to do something … well, what are you trying to do? If you’re trying to run faster, you should do running. If you’re trying to be stronger, you should do weight training. If you’re trying to be faster on a bike, you should do biking. Etc, etc, etc. For functional performance improvements, you should mostly just do the thing you’re trying to improve.
Weight training is great for getting in shape.
Running burns calories while you’re running. Weight training burns calories while you’re doing it and for hours to days afterward as muscles are repaired and grow.
Both will do great things for your health in general and help burn off fat. (Though weight training may not be as noticeable on the bathroom scale – muscle weighs more than fat, so if you’re gaining muscle as you lose fat, you might not lose any weight at all; you might actually gain weight. But it will still get rid of fat.) Which type of exercise is right for you depends mostly on what your idea of ‘in shape’ means.
If you’re just trying to be less fat, anything that burns calories is good … but the main way you lose weight is at the table. Put the fork down. Drink water instead of juice or soda. A small change in diet will be more effective than even a very intense workout regime.
If you’re trying to be more muscular and attractive, then weight training should likely be a huge part of that.
And if you’re trying to get into shape in order to be able to do something … well, what are you trying to do? If you’re trying to run faster, you should do running. If you’re trying to be stronger, you should do weight training. If you’re trying to be faster on a bike, you should do biking. Etc, etc, etc. For functional performance improvements, you should mostly just do the thing you’re trying to improve.
The world’s skill system works on Elder Scrolls rules, eh? No wonder there are so many exploits and combos.