[maeln]

Not the commenter, but AFAIK, people with some condition might have to put significantly more effort, at least at the beginning, to get equivalent result. The typical case would be for overweight/obese people. While mobility and strength always help, it won't counter balance all the strain that the extra weight put on your body. It will be more efficient to focus on getting lean first, and then focusing on strength/mobility. Although it is possible to do both (and maybe recommended ? But i am way out of my depth here).

[swiftcoder]

I don't think this is accurate.

Adjusting for equivalent level of activity, people carrying around a lot of extra weight tend to have commensurately more muscle from carrying that extra weight around (try wearing a 40kg weight vest day and night for a few weeks - you too will have to put on muscle just to get through the day).

It's generally considered to be a lot easier for an overweight person to get lean as a side-effect of getting strong, rather than the other way round.

[nemomarx]

a little regular exercise helps with weight loss, at least in anecdotal stuff. not that you can burn away a bad diet with exercise but the cardio and exertion help with the stress of dieting (lots of nice endorphins in a runners high!) and seem to aid metabolism a little.

doing a half hour at the gym 5 nights a week was like half of my weight loss routine basically.

[InitialLastName]

AIUI there are two other factors that are important with strength training and weight loss:

- Increased muscle mass raises your BMR, enabling the same weight loss rate at a higher caloric intake

- Strength training combats your body's tendency to burn muscle as well as fat when in a calorie deficit, focusing the weight loss on the body component you want to get rid of (the fat).