Any one do weights and not cardio for weight loss?

I do, I lift heavy and do minimal cardio. My weight loss did stall when I first started strength training, but my body changed much faster than when I did cardio alone.

It can be done, but why not do both? Both is better than either one alone. Usually when people ask this question its because they hate cardio, which I get, but it doesn't sound like that's the case for you.

I do, I lift heavy and do minimal cardio. My weight loss did stall when I first started strength training, but my body changed much faster than when I did cardio alone.

Yes me too. Love the weights, not keen on cardio.

Lift. You should notice a big improvement in your weight loss. For cardio the after burn lasts 2-3 hours, with strength training, the after burn can last up to 12 hours. Enough said

Was thinking of starting body pump. What weight should I start off with? Also did the scales go up doing body pump?

The instructor will help you with weights starting out, usually the advice is to keep it light and focus on form.

My weight didn't go up starting with Pump.

I started lifting heaving after being introduced to weight training with Pump, and it's a very different beast IMHO.

You need strength training! I see women all the time upstairs in my gym running on treatmills but never lifting a weight thinking they do not need it. I actually manage a facility and here are some important facts I have learned in all my training: Although strength training has been more of a "male" activity in the past it isn't now. Women, unfortunatly, are not born with much muscle mass as men so we need to have that strength training to get muscle strength and help our bones. Muscles are the main factor in our body that makes the bones move. So think as you get older, you haven't built much muscle so therefore your body is going to be harder and harder to move. Many women are afraid to try it because they are unsure of how they will look. Unless you go way overboard you will not look like a body builder of any sort. Women who do that do an extreme amount of weight lifting compared to your general strengh training and take certain supplements. Here is another fun fact: you're losing weight and the best way to tighten that unwanted sagging skin is strength training. You may never look like a Victoria's Secret model but that's ok, I do not think that is what many of us are going for on here. The last plus to strength training is metabolism. To be clear-metabolism is calories burned at any time during the day. Many people think it is the way the body processes food, yes and no. It is just a count of the calories burned at any time. Muscle mass takes more calories for your body to sustain so therefore your metabolic rate is higher. Meaning as you sit at home or sleep your body is burning more calories to support your muscles and your general movements (breathing, talking,walking, things you do daily that you wouldn't think would require calories)

So in short, YES strength training and cardio go hand in hand. Do both, try to strength train doing handheld weights or machines. The trick is to do strength training in a rotation type environment. For example I will do one machine, switch to another, switch to another, then do the routine all over again. If you do handheld weights then do the same thing. Position one, position two, position three...(Etc) and then do the cycle over again. Aim for 8-12 repetitians and do the machine/ cycle twice, THREE times a week. Your body needs those rest days to build muscle.

Good luck!

Cardio doesn't make you lose weight
Neither does weight training
Toning doesnt exist...


I am not playing or joking...