Lose weight just by strength training??
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Can you lose weight just by doing like an hour of full body strength training a day like pilates for example? Or do you have to add cardio too? LOL I'm not much of a runner so I cant really stick to it but love Pilates! 
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You can lose weight with or without exercise of any kind. Weight loss is about calories in versus calories out : Get that right and you'll lose weight.
Exercise is good for overall health and enjoyment - it sounds like you've found something that that you like so keep at it 11 -
provided you still stick to CICO, strength training is excellent exercise!2
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thrashscara wrote: »provided you still stick to CICO, strength training is excellent exercise!
sorry this might sound dumb but whats CICO?0 -
*kitten* cardio.... Strength trtraining is way more effective1
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tammmers83 wrote: »*kitten* cardio.... Strength trtraining is way more effective
really? how is that? lol never heard anyone say that before haha0 -
thrashscara wrote: »provided you still stick to CICO, strength training is excellent exercise!
sorry this might sound dumb but whats CICO?
CICO = Calories In v Calories Out1 -
Cardio doesn't have to be running. Walking is fine!
You can do it with just strength training
But you need to do it with high intensity to work.
But strength and cardio is the best. Even if your Cardio just walking 20min1 -
StealthHealth wrote: »thrashscara wrote: »provided you still stick to CICO, strength training is excellent exercise!
sorry this might sound dumb but whats CICO?
CICO = Calories In v Calories Out
lol thanks!0 -
TheHungryHorsie wrote: »Cardio doesn't have to be running. Walking is fine!
You can do it with just strength training
But you need to do it with high intensity to work.
But strength and cardio is the best. Even if your Cardio just walking 20min
ah i usually walk to work so i guess i already got that in lol
and ive had some pretty intense pilates sessions so i guess thats good too
Thanks!5 -
Cardio earns you many more calories than strength training, but neither is "better". They are both different and both good.9
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You can lose weight doing 100% strength, you can lose weight doing 100% cardio, you can lose weight mixing any percentage of both.
Also cardio takes on a lot more forms than running or elipticals & such. It's almost endless what can be considered cardio3 -
If gaining muscle and losing body fat rather than changing your weight on the scales is your end goal then you may be able to do it just by strength training -- recompositioning. Otherwise you are going to have to eat fewer calories than you burn.1
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But you are unlikely to lose weight if you don't pay attention to your food intake. That's yhe CI part. Because you can't exercise enough to overcome eating too much. There's just not enough CO unless all you do is spend all day working out. And if you don't learn how to eat then when you cut back the exercise your weight will come back.3
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In terms of exercise diminishing your appetite enough so that you achieve CICO without tracking it...maybe. I find that both cardio and strength training diminish my appetite for a period of time afterwards and if I could work hard enough (which I can't seem to do now without getting injured), I think exercise alone would work for me, to a certain point. I've read studies that have said something similar, that exercise does have short term appetite diminishing effects for some.0
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You don't lose weight BY strength training. You lose it by calorie deficit, which means you don't need cardio. Cardio for fitness/heart health, lifting for body composition/strength/general hotness, calorie deficit for weight loss.
I have lost anywhere from 40-50lbs with minimal cardio.8 -
arditarose wrote: »You don't lose weight BY strength training. You lose it by calorie deficit, which means you don't need cardio. Cardio for fitness/heart health, lifting for body composition/strength/general hotness, calorie deficit for weight loss.
I have lost anywhere from 40-50lbs with minimal cardio.
^^^^ this!!!0 -
You lose weight by eating less calories than your burn. Pilates, weight lifting, cardio all add to the burn part of the equation and are good for you health and maintaining muscle mass. However, the biggest factor is diet. You can't out train a bad diet. An intense hour of pilates may burn 400 calories say. However, you can wipe out the calorie burn in that entire hour with just a few bites of food. You have to track your calories and keep them in a deficit. You can add on strength or cardio if you want.0
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Can you lose weight just by doing like an hour of full body strength training a day like pilates for example? Or do you have to add cardio too? LOL I'm not much of a runner so I cant really stick to it but love Pilates!
I wouldn't call Pilates strength training but that's just my opinion.
Not only will you lose weight but you'll look amazing! I lost 98lbs without doing a lick of cardio, I only started doing cardio at that point because I plateaued for 5 weeks and I wanted to hit 100lbs lost. I followed a bodybuilding/ bro split if that helps you. I would recommend a 5x5 program if I was to do it all over again though.0 -
arditarose wrote: »You don't lose weight BY strength training. You lose it by calorie deficit, which means you don't need cardio. Cardio for fitness/heart health, lifting for body composition/strength/general hotness, calorie deficit for weight loss.
I have lost anywhere from 40-50lbs with minimal cardio.
yup this.
I lost 50+lbs with just a calorie deficit.
I maintained most of my muscle by lifting heavy
I got heart healthy by walking/running.
I got to eat more food and still lose weight because I did exercise.0 -
To this day I don't know what pilates is supposed to do for you other than aggravate your neck because it's always needing to be held up while you're lying on the floor.4
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arditarose wrote: »To this day I don't know what pilates is supposed to do for you other than aggravate your neck because it's always needing to be held up while you're lying on the floor.
Have you ever tried a pilates reformer class? Even after a few years of lifting heavy weights, it kicked my butt. However, mat pilates only really works my abs, not enough resistance on arms or legs if you have been lifting weights.1 -
arditarose wrote: »To this day I don't know what pilates is supposed to do for you other than aggravate your neck because it's always needing to be held up while you're lying on the floor.
Have you ever tried a pilates reformer class? Even after a few years of lifting heavy weights, it kicked my butt. However, mat pilates only really works my abs, not enough resistance on arms or legs if you have been lifting weights.
lol no. Does it involve not being down on the floor? I hate that. If I'm going to lie down it better be to help me relax.3 -
TheHungryHorsie wrote: »Cardio doesn't have to be running. Walking is fine!
You can do it with just strength training
But you need to do it with high intensity to work.
But strength and cardio is the best. Even if your Cardio just walking 20min
ah i usually walk to work so i guess i already got that in lol
and ive had some pretty intense pilates sessions so i guess thats good too
Thanks!
As others have said, the calories in have to be less than the calories out so if you are already doing these activities and maintaining your weight that means you are unlikely to lose weight if you just continue doing what you are doing, and maybe just adding more. At most you'll burn a few extra hundred calories a week and you need a deficit of about 3500 extra calories to lose 1 lb. Using this app to enter your food, using a scale to measure everything, is going to be the best activity you can add to help you achieve the goal of losing weight.
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Not on the floor, you are using one of the pilates reformer machines.
You can increase or decrease resistance, and my instructor increased mine a lot since I had been lifting weights. I paid for 10 sessions to try it out, but it was so expensive so now just stick with lifting. However, my sister does it 2-3 times a week as her only strength training and gained muscle.2 -
@dmt4641 We have one of those at my gym. I don't want to go there lol.2
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arditarose wrote: »To this day I don't know what pilates is supposed to do for you other than aggravate your neck because it's always needing to be held up while you're lying on the floor.
giggity
edited to add: I am not into being inverted in any way.1 -
arditarose wrote: »To this day I don't know what pilates is supposed to do for you other than aggravate your neck because it's always needing to be held up while you're lying on the floor.
Only if you're doing it wrong.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »arditarose wrote: »To this day I don't know what pilates is supposed to do for you other than aggravate your neck because it's always needing to be held up while you're lying on the floor.
Only if you're doing it wrong.
k thanks.
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StealthHealth wrote: »You can lose weight with or without exercise of any kind. Weight loss is about calories in versus calories out : Get that right and you'll lose weight.
Not exactly... you can only lose weight if you eat less. Exercising MORE does not burn more calories, unfortunately. http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-calories0 -
Pilates is a great way to build muscle mass and it's good for your overall health. When you do Pilates, you learn how to support your body from the core and to truly understand movement, which means you can engage in any physical activity with less of a chance for injury (or increased recovery time if you do get injured). Burning calories during exercise is a misunderstood phenomenon. There is an upper limit to how many calories you can burn per day, when you hit that limit, your body compensates by limiting other metabolic functions, including your immune response. The most effective weight loss program is one that includes both dietary caloric restriction, a limited amount of low impact cardio, and some form of strength training to increase lean body mass. If you want to increase your BMR, you need more body mass. You can either be fat or be muscular to do that.0
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