Why Lifting Weights 6 Days a Week Won't Help You Lose Fat (Ben Brown) | Ep 460

About this episode

Ben Brown discusses why exercise may not be effective for weight loss and the importance of nutrition and recovery.

How much lifting is too much vs. too little? What about cardio? And how hard does your body fight back when you try to out-exercise your diet? Exercise physiologist and clinical nutrition expert Ben Brown breaks down why exercise is often a weak tool for weight loss, even when you are lifting weights and doing everything “right.” We unpack metabolic compensation, how stress after 40 changes your results, and why nutrition and fitness habits like protein, recovery, and smarter programmin...

People in this episode

Host: Philip Pape

Guest: Ben Brown

Topics covered

• weight loss
• exercise
• nutrition
• metabolic compensation
• fitness habits

Keywords

• lifting weights
• fat loss
• exercise physiology
• diet
• metabolic compensation
• stress
• nutrition habits

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Organizations: Wits & Weights

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