I remember joining a gym just because it was close to my house a few years ago.

The membership came with a training program that would be created for me by one of the best personal fitness experts the gym had to offer. “Mary is really good at setting up plans,” I was assured.

It turned out that Mary was the nineteen year old daughter of the gym owner who was so naturally thin that she probably couldn’t hoist a 50 pound bar over her head if she tried.

Have you ever experienced anything similar? Sometimes these gyms just pull people off the street, put them through an eight week training course and give them a badge that says “fitness expert.”

And then there is the other extreme. The gym that I go to right now has numerous serious body builders available for personal training. It is quite clear that these guys know what they are doing with the equipment and actually get in to work out themselves…I can tell by their strut!

It can be a little off-putting the thought of going to them for training when you don’t know what you’re doing and you aren’t a cute blond.

That is why my trips to the gym are usually 50%ers. I go into the gym head straight for the stairs and spend the entire time on the cardio machines. I’ll go back forth between the cross ramp and the treadmill, use the rowing machine or even the elliptical, but when I’m done, I make a beeline for the door and don’t even try to touch the strength training equipment.

I am completely at fault here. I should be including resistance training in my exercise but I simply haven’t until now.

One of my favorite chapters in Tom Venuto’s Book, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle was chapter 17, Weight Training for Fat Loss. It sheds light on a mysterious subject. He begins by discussing the many reasons why cardio alone is not enough. Rather than the usual boring lecture which never quite scolds me enough to cause me to change anything, he mentions one important phrase that changed everything for me “weight training to lose fat permanently.” What a great concept.

He then goes through a number of frequently asked questions, which breaks up the monotony of the lecture. And then comes the fun part, step by step instructions.

I was starting to get a little put off when he mentioned how frequently you need to change up your exercise schedule. Where will I come up with all of those various plans? But the answer was, of course, right here in the book.

Venuto ends the chapter with variations of routines for beginners, intermediate and advanced. His workout schedules should take you through quite a few of your next months in the gym and help you to see great improvement in your body as well.

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