If you burn the same number of calories overall, doing both strength training and cardio does not lead to more fat loss in specific areas than doing cardio alone.

Doing targeted exercises like sit-ups does not lead to more fat loss in the abdomen than doing full-body workouts, because fat loss across the body is controlled by overall energy balance, not by which muscles are being worked.

When people reduce their calorie intake and do strength training, a greater share of the weight they lose comes from fat rather than muscle.

In individuals with elevated body fat stores, resistance training during a caloric deficit can sustain muscle hypertrophy while promoting net fat loss.

Exercising a specific body area increases fat breakdown in that area, but this does not lead to noticeable fat loss there because the released fatty acids are often taken up by nearby muscles or tissues instead of being burned for energy system-wide.

In adults with obesity, 10 weeks of cardio exercise improves metabolic health markers, and when combined with resistance training, it still improves metabolic health. Resistance training alone increases muscle strength, while cardio alone reduces body weight and fat percentage.