Why weight training is better for your waistline than running

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  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    pincushion14 wrote: »
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    esjones12 wrote: »
    Keep hating on cardio all you want. When zombies invade I'll be able to out run you all ;)

    *grin* And I'll do even better.

    Zombies can't swim.

    Zombies may not be able to swim, but I don't think the can drown either!
    Good god, none of us are safe...
    They can swim and try to eat sharks
    zombie-shark-attack-cult-movies-download.gif

  • DymonNdaRgh40
    DymonNdaRgh40 Posts: 661 Member
    hill8570 wrote: »
    I think the best take-away from the article is the line "Combining weight training with aerobic exercise led to even better results...". No arguments there...both have their place.

    Yep! I enjoy doing both.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    The best exercise is the one you do. I don't care for weight training, so I don't do as much of it. So, if I relied on weight training alone, I wouldn't lose much weight.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    eric_sg61 wrote: »
    pincushion14 wrote: »
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    esjones12 wrote: »
    Keep hating on cardio all you want. When zombies invade I'll be able to out run you all ;)

    *grin* And I'll do even better.

    Zombies can't swim.

    Zombies may not be able to swim, but I don't think the can drown either!
    Good god, none of us are safe...
    They can swim and try to eat sharks
    zombie-shark-attack-cult-movies-download.gif

    Well, that's a buzzkill...
  • peter56765
    peter56765 Posts: 352 Member
    edited December 2014
    This is from a post a friend made on a different site:

    Cardio vs weights for heart health (if you had to pick just one)

    The big four risk areas for cardiovascular health are:

    - Fat loss: As we all know it's about calories. Resistance training is at least as effective in the short term, and given it's ability to change body composition as well, resistance training wins. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12439085
    Nothing in there about resistance training changing body composition resulting in a 'win'

    "CONCLUSION: In men, resistance exercise has a similar effect on 24-h EE and macronutrient oxidation as a comparable bout of aerobic exercise. Neither exercise produced an increase in 24-h fat oxidation above that observed on a nonexercise control day"

    - Blood lipids: Low or moderadate cardio does pretty much nothing. Resistance training reduces bad cholesterol, high intensity cardio improves good cholesterol. No clear winner, both are beneficial. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974201
    That's not quite what the article says:

    "High-intensity aerobic training results in improvement in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. For resistance and combined exercise, the results are inconsistent. The heterogeneity between the types of exercise did not allow reliable comparisons."

    - Blood pressure: Cardio generally has a bit of an edge here, but resistance training shows benefits as well. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15662209
    The article looked only at resistance training and was inconclusive.

    "Our results suggest that moderate intensity resistance training is not contraindicated and could become part of the non-pharmacological intervention strategy to prevent and combat high blood pressure. However, additional studies are needed, especially in the hypertensive population."

    - Glucose metabolism: Resistance training is a clear winner over cardio for glucose control (the single biggest factor IMO): http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/29/11/2518.full
    Again, the article does not support your conclusion as to a 'clear winner.'

    "All forms of exercise training produce small benefits in the main measure of glucose control: A1C. The effects are similar to those of dietary, drug, and insulin treatments. The clinical importance of combining these treatments needs further research.

    ...

    Of the 14 studies in the meta-analysis of Boulé et al. (6), 12 used aerobic training and 2 used resistance training. Some physiological adaptations to resistance training differ from those of aerobic training, so their effects on glucose control may differ (7). Boulé et al. (6) found little difference between effects of aerobic and resistance training, but there were insufficient studies of resistance training for this finding to be anything more than tentative. "
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Personally, I do both, as they both serve a purpose for me.
  • Lalalindaloo
    Lalalindaloo Posts: 204 Member
    esjones12 wrote: »
    When zombies invade I'll be able to out run you all ;)

    ^^^^ Why I run.

    I'm sure loving my weight training too though. Bet the zombies will hate it when I can chop 'em.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    The best exercise is the one you do. I don't care for weight training, so I don't do as much of it. So, if I relied on weight training alone, I wouldn't lose much weight.

    This! I hate lifting. I still do it but I'd rather do dishes, frankly, so it's probably not doing me that much good because there's no way I'm lifting weights for 30 minutes. I don't mind doing cardio every day for 30 to 60 minutes (running, well before I busted my foot doing that, elliptical, spinning, walking at an incline). At least I'm doing SOMETHING.

  • CodeMonkey78
    CodeMonkey78 Posts: 320 Member
    grantwashere wrote: »
    "Why weight training is better for your waistline than running" <
    Most of the very successful people on MFP have been saying this for a long time. Here's the link to this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11310141/Why-weight-training-is-better-for-your-waistline-than-running.html

    Wow..

    1. Study was done on men only.
    2. Diet or Caloric intake was never mentioned.

    Sounds like a pretty comprehensive study.. :smile:

    Do both. Each has their own benefit.
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