How long to wait before weight lifting?

lutkica01

Hello everyone,
I am just wondering how long you waited before you incorporated weight lifting into your workout routine? I am about 20 pounds away from my goal weight, but I feel like every time I start incorporating weight lifting, the number on the scale jumps up. So I am wondering if maybe I should wait until I am satisfied with the number on the scale before I start lifting, just so I can avoid that number going up?

Thank you for all suggestions

UrbanRunner81

no reason to wait in my opinion.
start now and make sure you lift heavy.

Sarauk2sf

no reason to wait in my opinion.
start now and make sure you lift heavy.

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skybird455

remember that muscle weighs more than fat, so it will jump up at first, BUT you body fat % will drop so you will be smaller in inches but the scale might not move for a month or even two. you have to lift weights, heavy, max out, I use free weights, some people like machines, but free weights are cheaper for me because I can do them at home. I have lost 9% body fat, 15 lbs, and 8 inches over my body in two months incorporating heavy lifting when I reached a platue....one thing I really love, is I am noticeably much smaller but have some muscles to fill out my skin. Before I was thin, but had lose hanging skin on my arms, now its got muscles in it with no hang. I started with the tosca reno your best body now book and built my routine off of that using free weights, now I add other movements every two weeks to keep my muscles guessing. Was a powerlifter in jr high, so free weights come natural to me now. Add me if you like, ask questions if you need too, everyone will pitch in to help

nz_deevaa

Last Thursday.