I LOVE THIS QUESTION! It really highlights one of the most important points we want our members to learn to help them achieve PERMANENT weight loss.

Jeremy recognizes that there IS a difference between cardio training (any exercise that raises your heart rate, such as running, biking, even walking) and strength training (working against resistance to strengthen and tone muscles.) While both types of exercise are great for your body, in my opinion one is definitely better to help you keep the weight off.

Strength training is my choice for helping achieve long term weight loss. Why? The difference is not what happens DURING the exercise... the extra benefit from strength training is what you get AFTER the workout.

While both workouts will burn 500 calories of fuel during the workout, resistance exercises offer three additional benefits:

1. After a cardio workout, your body will continue burning extra calories for about 1 hour. Compare that to a strength workout, where your metabolism is revved up for about 15 hours!

2. Strength training will cause the body to build extra lean muscle. That muscle tissue burns calories 24 hours a day, which raises your overall resting metabolic rate (RMR). So even sitting on the couch watching Oprah, you'll be burning more overall calories.

3. After a strength workout, your body tends to burn more fat. It also takes up protein to help rebuild muscle fibers, which is why you should always eat a good protein source after a strength training workout.

Bottom line... you really should be doing BOTH! The combination of cardio and strength routines will always give you the best overall results. But for long term weight loss success, you have to add strength training to your weekly routine.

Check out Thin-TV to see Big George demonstrating easy strength exercises you can do right in your own home.