Weight Lifting

jwallace84
jwallace84 Posts: 44 Member
edited October 4 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello,

Question, do you burn calories when lifting weights? I usually turn my HRM off when I start lifting because I'm not doing cardio. Is this best?

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  • Jesung
    Jesung Posts: 236 Member
    Yes, if you lift heavy, you will burn quite a bit of calories, although not as much as cardio. But don't lift weights to burn calories, lift weights to get stronger and maintain your muscle mass while you're losing weight.
  • slacker80
    slacker80 Posts: 235 Member
    Yes you do burn calories. Many believe that resistance training is a better fat burner than cardio itself. personally I prefer to burn calories through a tough high intensity weight training workout over cardio for calories. But I still get my run in.

    Keep your HRM on, work at 70-75% strength (Muscle failure 10-13th rep) and keep your rest to about 90 seconds. Your HRM will be in the zone.
  • jessicamckay13
    jessicamckay13 Posts: 297
    What ^^ they said.

    I run 3-4x week (two easy runs, one longer run, one interval training) and lift 3x week. It's what works for me! Mix it up!
  • jwallace84
    jwallace84 Posts: 44 Member
    Thank you all so much!
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