What to do at the gym to lose weight

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  • ItalianInBoston
    ItalianInBoston Posts: 3
    A lot of great posts here, thank you all very much.

    I have already been eating less calories and doing an hour of cardio every time I go to the gym, usually a combination of running and walking fast on the treadmill, sometimes I'll switch it up and get on the bike. I get the cardio thing, what I'm still kind of confused about it what kind of weight workouts I should be doing. There are so many from the free weights, to the machines. I have no clue what I'm doing there haha.

    It's kind of hard to get someone at the gym to show me because I go at 1am when I get out if work so that's why I turned to this site to hopefully figure it out. I'll check out the other various posts, thanks again!

    If anyone has anything else to add or posts I can check out about weight workouts please post them!
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    Go to the fitness section of the forums and search.

    My advice....take advice from people who have been where you are, have got where you want to go....and have been there for a good long time.

    You'll save a lot of time, pain and confusion. Anyone can call themselves an authority and get a qualification. Are they succeeding?

    Oh....and this...

    Abs are made in the kitchen.
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    Like others have said, all you need to lose weight is a caloric deficit. Some people use cardio exercise (running, swimming, biking, that kind of thing) to create that deficit, but it's not needed. Personally, I find that doing a lot of aerobic exercise makes me super hungry and makes it hard for me to maintain a deficit, so I have to limit the amount of cardio I do. You should definitely do at least some cardio for heart health and general fitness, but don't overdo it or it might make it harder to control what you eat...

    Now, for strength, you have to lift heavy weights. Don't just go to the gym and start curling and benching without a plan, though: take some time to learn and understand how your body works (the difference between strength and muscle mass, the role of your central nervous system in strength training, weight loss/gain while lifting, why lifting while losing weight is important, etc.) and get on a well-established strength training program. The two most popular beginners programs out there are Starting Strength (get the book on Amazon) and Stronglifts 5x5 (http://www.stronglifts.com/). Take a look at both, pick one and do it consistently.

    And this is golden too....

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