Weights vs. Cardio for fat loss...

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  • jmariscal3
    jmariscal3 Posts: 57 Member
    Not sure if anyone has already said this or not but I just started a new weight training program called LiveFit with Jamie Eason. It is on Bodybuilding.com and it is a 12 week program. I was not into weight-lifting, did all cardio, and found that I wanted more. This program is three phases, in the first phase it is no cardio, just weights. It gives rest days and shows you each workout in videos. I am in week two now and LOVING it! Go to it, look at the phases she lays out, check out her recommended diet and supplements, and watch some of the first example vids. Even if you do not do the program you can try some new weight workouts from it to help you along. I am feeling great just after the first week in phase one. Phases two and three adds in cardio, too.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    A combo of cardio, lifting and calisthenics works best for me!
    Mix up the cardio to keep it fun :)
    I'll take random classes at the gym, go on different machines there, roller skate use the wii fit go hiking, pull out my sons bicycle.
    that's the best advice I've got for ya on that.
    Always include weights though. Without weights you don't burn fat. :~)
  • Andrew_peter
    Andrew_peter Posts: 94 Member
    30-45 min cardio - Monday, Wednesday, Fri
    Weight training with 5 to 10 min cardio to warm up first - Tues, Thurs, Sat
    Day Off - Sunday

    Working for me and feeling like am million bucks too
  • Nataliaho
    Nataliaho Posts: 878 Member
    Calorie deficit for fat loss.

    Weights for muscle retention. (We lose muscle when when diet. This is sad.)

    Cardio for cardio fitness, and to help maintain calorie deficit while eating more.

    This is the best answer here :)

    One extra thing that I think is worth stressing, particularly to a newbie female. Weights will make you stronger, even at a deficit, even though you aren't building muscle. I think its really empowering for a young woman to feel strong, to simply be able to pick up and carry around heavy stuff...
  • fmouco
    fmouco Posts: 100 Member
    bump
  • Kissah
    Kissah Posts: 33 Member
    I still wonder about cardio/weights. I do both because i feel as I am loosing weight I need to tone my skin and muscles and I have noticed the muscle gain on my legs and butt. I feel stronger and more tone.. I am far from where I want to be but even my husband told me just last night my body felt tighter. That is a great motivator... I like doing both on my routine... good luck..
  • Kissah
    Kissah Posts: 33 Member
    Agree!!!!
  • lamby284
    lamby284 Posts: 167 Member
    At my heighest weight when I first started exercising, I was only doing strength and resistance training. That didnt work well on its own (perhaps at the fault of my poor eating habits at the time too) I don't do much cardio with my asthma, but a little goes a long way. Anything that has you breathing hard...as in you are unable to say a sentence without pausing a few times is enough. I'd say now I do about 85% strength and 15% cardio. Thats just a guesstimate.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Calorie deficit for fat loss.

    Weights for muscle retention. (We lose muscle when when diet. This is sad.)

    Cardio for cardio fitness, and to help maintain calorie deficit while eating more.

    This is the best answer here :)

    One extra thing that I think is worth stressing, particularly to a newbie female. Weights will make you stronger, even at a deficit, even though you aren't building muscle. I think its really empowering for a young woman to feel strong, to simply be able to pick up and carry around heavy stuff...

    Quoting to re-stress the benefits outside muscle gain.

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