Bodybuilding for Weight Loss: How Can Obese People Start Bodybuilding?

There is a lot of confusion on whether obese people benefit or not from bodybuilding training.  As a matter of fact, even some trainers feel that the best way to tackle obesity is by just starting out with a cardiovascular program
There is a big misconception that bodybuilding cannot help with weight loss because it is better for the person to start with cardiovascular exercise as bodybuilding training will slow down weight loss. However, we need to understand that when we are referring to weight loss we are speaking about fat loss. Bodybuilding training increases the amount of muscle in the body, thus, increasing muscle weight. However, the more muscle you have the faster your metabolism will be, which in turn helps you to lose fat weight a lot faster. With that said, bodybuilding training, which is a combination of weight training and cardiovascular exercise, is in my opinion, the absolute best way to accomplish weight loss permanently since for every pound of muscle you gain, your metabolism goes up, not only helping you to accomplish the quickest fat loss but also a permanent one (provided you adopt bodybuilding as a lifestyle). As a bonus, only via bodybuilding can a person who has a lot of weight to lose will end up with a muscular and toned physique instead of the flabby physique that dieting alone will leave you with.