Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Weight training can be very effective for loosing fat... Fasted rides in zone 2 are also very good for burning fat...The problem with weight loss is that you loose both fat and muscle tissue which isn't good....Your goal should be to loose fat and preserve as much muscle as possible...
Here's the interesting thing (well, interesting to me). I'm not doing anything special, just riding tempo daily with the occasional interval day, and eating normally (bumped up the protein a bit).
My lean body mass has actually risen slightly. Probably muscle in my quads.