Is there any point to lifting?
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Lifting weights is what people do when they suck at running.
Who runs?
people too smart to lift?0 -
Oh, is AbnormalInsaneCaliforniaGirl commenting again? :huh: That's always entertaining. :laugh: :laugh:0
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I'm trying to do both, but losing weight takes precedence..So I have to do one or the other, i pick cardio over weight training...at least until I lose 20lbs more of fat.0
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Ok sorry for attempting to hijack this post but it seems we have some lifting experts attention so here goes....
1) Generally speaking: Calorie deficit whilst lifting heavy = no muscle gain, but helps retain muscle (widely accepted)
2) Calorie neutral whilst lifting heavy = presumably no muscle gain, but more muscle retention????
3) Small calorie surplus whilst lifting heavy = Slight muscle gain but a little fat gain too?
4) Large calorie surplus whilst lifting heavy = Higher muscle gain but fat gain too?
Assume all macros are being catered for and ever increasing weights, please confirm 2, 3 and 4 for me
I guess what I'm asking is this. If I'm happy with my fat levels, i.e a slim waist and not much stomach fat, if I wanted to gain a bit extra muscle (what guy wouldn't!?) what's my optimum calorie intake, just above maintenance? Higher?0 -
Hahaha! No nudies :P
As for waiting or not, when I lost my weight many moons ago I was left with extra skin. Back in the 80s when I lost my weight we didn't have the info we have now and I knew nothing about weightlifting and toning. I just thought if I lost the weight everything else would fall into place. If I knew then what I know now, I woulda been lifting back then!
Sooo to your answer your question, trolly (lol), the proof is in my pics. I lift heavy enough to fail in 8-10 reps when Tony Horton allows me lol0 -
I've only lost 28 lbs but look like I've lost 40+, and that's purely because I lift heavy. And the things it's done for my mood and pain management - nearly miraculous. If you're here to drop a number, don't lift. If you want to look hawt in your jeans and feel fabulous, lift.0
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Ok sorry for attempting to hijack this post but it seems we have some lifting experts attention
Damn, it seems i was wrong!0 -
Ok sorry for attempting to hijack this post but it seems we have some lifting experts attention so here goes....1) Generally speaking: Calorie deficit whilst lifting heavy = no muscle gain, but helps retain muscle (widely accepted)2) Calorie neutral whilst lifting heavy = presumably no muscle gain, but more muscle retention????3) Small calorie surplus whilst lifting heavy = Slight muscle gain but a little fat gain too?
4) Large calorie surplus whilst lifting heavy = Higher muscle gain but fat gain too?I guess what I'm asking is this. If I'm happy with my fat levels, i.e a slim waist and not much stomach fat, if I wanted to gain a bit extra muscle (what guy wouldn't!?) what's my optimum calorie intake, just above maintenance? Higher?0 -
IMO, the safest approach would be to start around 500 calories over maintenance and see how it goes. Helpful if you have some reasonably accurate method of measuring your BF% so you can tell how much is fat vs. muscle. If it's working, experiment with upping the calories until you reach a point where the fat gains are unacceptable to you in proportion to the LBM gains. You can only put on so much muscle over a given period of time (which again, varies between each of us due to genetics), so when you reach/surpass that point, you'll start seeing a disproportionate amount of fat gain....time to cut back the calories.
This is great advice thanks
I'm adding another variable into the mix too unfortunately in that at 47 I'm fighting a losing battle to retain as much muscle as possible!
I will give the 500 calorie surplus a go though - sounds like a decent figure. Maybe I should cut down to 10% BF first though0 -
This is great advice thanks
I'm adding another variable into the mix too unfortunately in that at 47 I'm fighting a losing battle to retain as much muscle as possible!
I will give the 500 calorie surplus a go though - sounds like a decent figure. Maybe I should cut down to 10% BF first though
I'm going to cut to 10% (or somewhere close) before I start a bulk cycle. I'm lifting while I cut to retain as much LBM as possible until then. I'm pretty realistic about my genetic potential, but as you said in your first post - what guy doesn't want to gain a little extra muscle?0
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