Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time : So Is Cardio, and There’s a Better Way to Have the Body You Want

by John Jaquish

Add fuel storage. If you want to go long distances, you need a big fuel tank, right? Well, the fuel tank of the human body is body fat. This is another reason why cortisol is upregulated. Higher cortisol levels are associated with more and longer-lasting body fat storage.40