Resistance training for weight loss?

Yes! For the most part when you ask someone: What's the best way to loose weight? --> they reply: Cardio. And while cardio is a important part of anyone's fitness (heart and circulatory health) it isn't the most effective way to lose weight, especially fat. Here's why: When you do cardio you do create a calorie deficit, but it is relatively small. Say you burned 700 calories in 60 minutes of cardio--> it takes 3500 calories to lose a lb: you still have alot of work to do. On the contrary if you burned 700 calories in 60 minutes of resistance training --> still takes 3500 calories to lose a lb: you will burn another 350 calories the next day (to repair muscle the general rule is that you burn half of the previous day), 175 the next day, about 88 the next day, about 44 the next, and so on. That brings your total calorie deficit for the same duration to 700 calories (for the cardio workout) and over 1350 calories (for the resistance based workout). In addition, for every lb of muscle you burn approximately 30-70 calories every day no matter your activity. So if your goal is to lose weight, don't get rid of the cardio, but DO focus more on the resistance side of the spectrum.