Long endurance rides to lose fat with one eye on tri racing weight. Add strength with big-gear work, paddles and gym work. That’s conventional thought. But a recent review of the literature, led by Dr Mandy Hagstrom of the University of New South Wales, Australia, suggests that strength training’s equally good as cardio work at burning fat. Analysis of past studies showed that, on average, subjects lost round 1.4% of their bodyweight through strength work alone, which, said the researchers, was comparable to longer, lower-intensity sessions. The research team focused on measuring how much the total body fat percentage – that is, the amount of your body that’s made up of fat mass – changed after strength training. This measurement showed fat loss appears to be on par with endurance…
