Working out to help with weight loss is important however most people believe that the only reason for working out is to burn calories during the performance of the exercise as a way to aid weight loss. While burning calories during exercise is certainly beneficial you can achieve a much greater effect upon weight loss if you will focus on exercising in a way that will not only burn calories during your workout but will also help your body to burn more calories all the time. With the right kind of exercise you can actually cause your body to burn more calories all the time by increasing your metabolism all the time. While aerobic workouts are the popular choice for people desiring to lose weight they actually only help you in a very limited way because they have very little effect upon helping your body to burn more calories other than during the period while you are actually working out. Weight training, on the other hand, will not only cause you to burn calories while you work out but will help you to burn more calories all the time by helping to build more muscle which has the beneficial effect of increasing your metabolism. Therefore, you should plan your workouts in way that focus more on building muscle to increase your metabolism all the time if you want to get the most of working out for weight loss.