I lost more weight do just cardio

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  • oldtyke
    oldtyke Posts: 149 Member
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    Chuck the scales out and use a tape measure!
  • mrphil86
    mrphil86 Posts: 2,382 Member
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    Only cardio and you are losing more muscle mass

    I would suggest keeping the strength training :D

    This is true, thats why you incorprate both. I just about 15-20 miles a week and strength train. I'm still gaining mass :)
  • Domestica
    Domestica Posts: 91
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    If you want to look like a 12 year old boy, run away.

    ROFLMAO!!! Yeah, that's the truth! Or, as I usually say, if you want to be thin but also look like a squishy toothpick, get back on the treadmill. :)
  • Domestica
    Domestica Posts: 91
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    Circuit
    40 Rounds, 15 seconds exercise, 15 seconds rest

    1. Skater Lunge Jumps - 10, 10, 9, 10
    2. Reptile Push ups - 5 1/2, 5, 3, 2
    3. Jump Squats - 12, 9, 9, 10
    4. Pulls ups (lying down on floor under poll so rev push up I guess) - 7, 6, 6, 7
    5. Jumping Jacks - 14, 16, 16, 12
    6. Dancing Crab - 13, 11, 8, 11
    7. Hanging leg raise (from pull up bar) - 7, 5, 5, 7
    8. Dive Bombers - 4, 5, 3, 4
    9. Plank knee tucks - 15, 15, 15, 18
    10. Gets ups - 5, Stopped b/c I didnt like the way my knees felt the second time around so I jogged in place

    This is a good plyometric/conditioning workout...great work! Do you do weight training, as well?
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
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    I am going to address a common misconception I see on here all of the time. Weight training is NOT the same as strength training. Weight training is simply picking up a weight and using it in some fashion in your workout, the actual measured weight is irrelevant here. Strength training involves using heavy weights (at a high percentage of your one rep max) to force your muscles to adapt and grow more new muscle fibers, which in turn makes you stronger. If the weight is not heavy enough your muscles have nothing to adapt to.

    So in short, all strength training is weight training, but not all weight training is strength training.

    (yes I ignored resistance bands because they are highly immeasurable)
  • NikkiDerrig386
    NikkiDerrig386 Posts: 1,096 Member
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    Circuit
    40 Rounds, 15 seconds exercise, 15 seconds rest

    1. Skater Lunge Jumps - 10, 10, 9, 10
    2. Reptile Push ups - 5 1/2, 5, 3, 2
    3. Jump Squats - 12, 9, 9, 10
    4. Pulls ups (lying down on floor under poll so rev push up I guess) - 7, 6, 6, 7
    5. Jumping Jacks - 14, 16, 16, 12
    6. Dancing Crab - 13, 11, 8, 11
    7. Hanging leg raise (from pull up bar) - 7, 5, 5, 7
    8. Dive Bombers - 4, 5, 3, 4
    9. Plank knee tucks - 15, 15, 15, 18
    10. Gets ups - 5, Stopped b/c I didnt like the way my knees felt the second time around so I jogged in place

    This is a good plyometric/conditioning workout...great work! Do you do weight training, as well?

    This is considered weigth training because I do incorporate weights in my circuits,
  • Matiara
    Matiara Posts: 377 Member
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    Where do body weight exercises fit into the equation?
  • JaredTheGeek
    JaredTheGeek Posts: 26 Member
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    This issue is thinking about weight at all and not body fat composition and muscle composition. The number on the scale is meaningless without info to back it up. Weight training is important and will help you burn more calories and look and feel better. Cardio alone is not the answer just as weight training alone is not the answer.

    Losing weight should not be the goal so much as looking and feeling better and being at a healthy body fat composition.

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