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Many people have the misconception that if you want to lose fat from say your abdominal region, you need to do sit ups or other ab exercises, or to get rid of those flabby arms you need to go work your biceps and triceps to specifically get rid of THAT fat. Now this is simply not the case.

You cannot choose where to remove body fat from your body by trying to focus on doing exercises which target those body parts.

In order to lose fat you need to be following a good diet full of the right amounts of protein, fats and carbohydrates for YOU, and exercising in the form of cardio and/or weight training at least 3 times a week.  In essence you need to be consuming less calories than you are expending.

 Weight training does use up a lot of calories so it will contribute to you losing weight.

Ideally though, weight training can be used to stimulate, grow and maintain our muscles, and cardiovascular training c