There will always be a debate where to start the exercise to lose weight. There’s a group that says you have to start with aerobic and there are those that are joining the idea of starting the anaerobic first. Each will have their own explanation why you should start in this particular exercise first rather than forcing yourself to the other group.

In this article I’ll boldly take a stand that I will have to stink to the idea of starting with the anaerobic exercise first. Even though the number of aerobic first believers are higher, I’ll still stick to my point because of the advantages I see when I do the exercise first rather than the latter.

When I exercise anaerobically, I will naturally increase my muscles through weight training. Because of this, the carbohydrates that are stored in my muscles are broken down. Since it’s always required that we have to use carbohydrates in our body to ensure there’s enough energy in our body, it’s just natural that once the carbohydrates are used up, the fats will directly be burned. If you follow up the exercise with an aerobic one, you’ll basically be burning more fats that doing it the other way around. Starting with aerobic exercise, you’ll just be burning fats directly and you still have to work your way up when you transfer to aerobic exercise.

Another good thing about using anaerobic exercise is the ability to increase the muscles faster when you do it first. Some may not see the difference, but doing the exercise that requires weight lifting first will get the muscles pumping. A tired body after an aerobic exercise will not have enough energy to get the best weight the body can muster. Try it for yourself and you’ll see the big difference of what your body can do. Even with professionals, they will find it hard to lift more weights after the aerobic exercise that doing it around.

Lastly, when your developing your muscles first before doing the aerobic exercise, you’ll have more chance in increasing the metabolism in your body. For aerobic exercise, the increased rate of metabolism stops when you end your exercise but if you already have muscles, the metabolism in your body will increase since the muscles in our body will burn calories even if we don’t do much.

So try to lift some weights before you can jog. You’ll feel a little lighter and stronger and you’ll be burning fats faster that doing it the other way around.