Relação entre treinamento de força e redução do peso corporal

Abstract

Relation between strength training and reduction of the body weight The training with weights is used with several objectives, promoting some benefits as the maintenance and increase of the metabolism, originated of the increase of the muscular mass, well as the reduction of the body fat. The regular physical exercise is of summary importance in the prevention and treatment in such a way of the obesity as of several others illnesses to the metabolic syndrome, inducing adaptive changes, as: increase of the duration of the exercise and changes in the body composition. In accordance with the literature revision, the strength training presents an important paper in the search for the reduction of the body weight, since it promotes the maintenance and/or it increase in lean body mass, thus increasing the energy expense in rest, being able to be this role better played if the training will be associated with an alimentary diet.