stronglift 5x5 and cardio the same night??????

collingmommy
collingmommy Posts: 456 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
OK YALL~~~ here goes, I know I am opening myself up to a controversial post, but I only want answers and if you have done it how well it works?!

OK, so I have been doing the stronglift 5x5 for 6 weeks, (tonight starts week 6) I have been loosing good inches until I measured on Friday of this past week, I weigh on every friday and weigh and measure on every other Friday. lets just say I was depressed! I wanted to crawl into a hole and never be seen again!

Any way. I currently weigh 168 lbs if you want to know more, send me aprivate message (regarding my actual measurements,im ashamed) so here is my question, I have heard that you cant build muscle with out eating at a surplus, I don't, I clearly eat 1550/1700 calories a day, I try to make my goal of 25 percent protein daily. so if im doing the sl5x5 and eating at a deficit, shouldn't the scale be moving? mine does, JUST THE OTHER FREAKING WAY!! my total inches lost is 7 the first two weeks, 9 the next two weeks and I actually equaled out on Friday, 1.5 lost on certain parts and 1.5 gained on others! ! im starting to wonder if I need to amp it up! I know that cardio and weights are two totally different kinds of weight loss, but what if I did my stronglifts like usual, Monday Wednesday and Friday (they only take about 30 minutes of I don't do anything else with them, but add lets say 20 miutes of cardio in on top of it? and while im at it, whats the difference in cardio and HIIT?

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  • tomg33
    tomg33 Posts: 305 Member
    Great work. Weight training should be the foundation of any body transformation, as you are finding out and will continue to be thankful for!

    Tracking your food intake and lifting heavy weights will give you most of your results but extra conditioning work can help. An example of steady-state cardio is running on a treadmill (like a hamster), whereas HIIT has the intensity change, for example run for 30s, walk for 1 min, then repeat for 15-20 minutes. You'll burn a lot more energy and the effect on your health appears to be better since it is more intense and generally intense exercise has greater effects (as long as you don't kill yourself!).

    However you have to keep in mind that the whole point behind the SL5x5, and programs like it, is that you progressively add weight to the bar and get stronger in a linear fashion. If your conditioning work takes away from your ability to recover, which can happen fairly easily in a caloric deficit, then you see your performance in the weight room decline. And steady-state cardio is easier to recover from. So it's up to you.

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