Strength Training (Not Cardio) is the Real Fat Burner?

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  • fittocycle
    fittocycle Posts: 827 Member
    Bump!
  • Crazyjoe11
    Crazyjoe11 Posts: 83
    Both are equally important. Too many focus on just cardio.

    Eating less is what makes you lose fat. You can't burn off eating too much with exercise. Most people don't realize they eat more than they need and it builds up over the years. We live with an over abundance of food and lack of exercise and everyone looking for the magic pill.

    Strength training is important for keeping your lean body mass and especially for women keeping you from getting osteoporosis.

    Girls are afraid of gaining muscle. We don't have the hormones to get big so do not worry, you won't get big if you don't do steriods. I am a perfect example. I lift heavy but I am still feminine, and my 51.5 year old bones are that of a super atletic 30 year old according to the DXA bone density test. No worry about osteoporosis in my future.

    Nicely said - thanks.
  • MikeJackson67
    MikeJackson67 Posts: 4
    Why choose one? For myself, I found a combination of weight/strength training, healthy diet and Les Mills classes helped me lose 18lbs and 10% body fat in approximately 90 days. That was between Jan 1 and Mar 31st. I have continued to drop weight and a couple more body fat % points while simultaneously, significantly, increasing the weight I am lifting. I am in better shape now than I was 20 years ago, benching over 300lbs at almost age 45. If I can do it, so you can you!!!

    Also, my strength training is cardio for me - go hard or go home! Be conscious of what you eat - eat 5x p/day - healthy meals! And vary your workouts to keep them interesting and fun!
  • AllisonS79
    AllisonS79 Posts: 51 Member
    I'm a strong believer in the weight training. Not just for weight loss but to have an overall more solid physique. Even women should be strength training. Don't worry about bulking up. You won't unless you're really trying. What it will do is give you a more athletic look. That said, any exercise is good exercise. I don't care if it's just walking. If you're burning calories you weren't previously burning, then you'll do just fine as long as you keep within your caloric goal.

    SO true for me too! I am approaching day 90 of Chalean Extreme, which involves lifting heavy weights to acheive muscle failure. I've tried cardio before, many types, many kinds, but never saw results like this. In 3 months I've only lost 8.5 lbs on the scale, but my arms, legs and butt are smaller and tighter. I'm fitting into clothes so much better. My over-all shape is better due to the weights, compared to if I had just lost "weight."
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Diet is the real fat burner...

    Exactly.

    Lift weights or do cardio till your hearts content, but if you eat more then you burn, you will still get fat.

    Thanks for playing anyway...:laugh:

    missingthepoint.png

    Uh no.

    Why do you think when people bulk, they gain fat?

    Because they eat in a surplus(IE more then they need).

    Same goes for cardio... if you eat more then you expend, you will gain weight and fat.

    Not sure why this is so funny to you.. but carry on.

    You didn't even read the article. :laugh:

    The article stated that strength training should be incorporated for maximum benefit and can benefit you in ways that cardio can't.

    ETA: I have seen you post over and over about the benefits of strength training. I would have thought that you would have plus-one'd the article, if you had actually read it. It didn't dispute the importance of diet, which is why mentioning diet as a comment on the article is hilarious. It shows you didn't read it at all.

    Here's the article again, which is what the OP was referring to, hence the thread, before it got hijacked with a discussion of diet.
    http://www.coachcalorie.com/strength-training-for-weight-loss/
  • SirZee
    SirZee Posts: 381
    Diet is the real fat burner...

    Bingo. 85-95% of your loss comes from eating right and in the right portion. I spent a decade eating right and being a gym rat, just ate amounts without restriction. Started calorie counting, lost 10lb+ each of the first four months.
  • Sthrncupcake
    Sthrncupcake Posts: 79 Member
    This is my story ( literally...and i am stickin to it!) http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/712335-ruined-my-body-lifting-heavy-sadly-with-pics I love to run as well...but I run to run now...not for the workout so much!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Diet is the real fat burner...

    Bingo. 85-95% of your loss comes from eating right and in the right portion. I spent a decade eating right and being a gym rat, just ate amounts without restriction. Started calorie counting, lost 10lb+ each of the first four months.

    So what does this comment have to do with strength training VS. cardio? Another person who didn't read the article. smh
  • bolera26
    bolera26 Posts: 4
    Diet is the real fat burner...

    Exactly.

    Lift weights or do cardio till your hearts content, but if you eat more then you burn, you will still get fat.




    Living proof of that!!!! :wink:
  • Ladyiianae
    Ladyiianae Posts: 271 Member
    Success to weight loss in order of importance:

    1) Diet
    2) Strength Training
    3) Cardio

    ^^^^like!!

    Like!

    however, I must admit that mine looks like this:

    1) Cardio
    2) Diet
    3) the intentions of strength training (...I really need to work on the follow through)

    Getting better though!
  • alerica1
    alerica1 Posts: 310 Member
    This thread is (mostly) hilarious.

    However - this needs to be said for a few of you:

    LOSE is the opposite of GAIN - which is what you do with weight - you lose it or gain it.

    LOOSE is the opposite of TIGHT - you can't really "tight" weight, now can you? Ergo - you cannot "loose" it.
    ^^This^^
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    This thread is (mostly) hilarious.

    Hilarity always ensues when people hijack a thread and don't bother with the OP. :laugh:
  • BigPapaLuke
    BigPapaLuke Posts: 9 Member
    I've always viewed them (Strength Training and Cardio) as mutually exclusive, but I see the validity in the article in that when properly "strength training" you get more of a cardio workout. When people take 2 - 3 minute breaks between sets (or longer), they aren't getting that added cardio benefit. What I do to make strength training more of a cardiovascular workout is to take shorter breaks in between each set (no more than 30 - 60 seconds), or super set between two exercises. Nothing says "good agony" like doing a set of dumbell bench and following it up with a set of nose breakers.

    That said, the proper way to burn fat is and drop weight is:

    1) Diet
    2) Stength Training
    3) Cardio
  • Cherp18
    Cherp18 Posts: 224 Member
    bump
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    I like a combo of strength training and HIIT sprint intervals...if you want muscle you should probably keep cardio to a minimal as too much starts to eat away at your muscle gaines...
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I've always viewed them (Strength Training and Cardio) as mutually exclusive, but I see the validity in the article in that when properly "strength training" you get more of a cardio workout. When people take 2 - 3 minute breaks between sets (or longer), they aren't getting that added cardio benefit. What I do to make strength training more of a cardiovascular workout is to take shorter breaks in between each set (no more than 30 - 60 seconds), or super set between two exercises. Nothing says "good agony" like doing a set of dumbell bench and following it up with a set of nose breakers.

    That said, the proper way to burn fat is and drop weight is:

    1) Diet
    2) Stength Training
    3) Cardio

    I agreed with the article too. It's nice to know that someone else actually read it, since it was the purpose of this thread! :bigsmile:
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    I've always viewed them (Strength Training and Cardio) as mutually exclusive, but I see the validity in the article in that when properly "strength training" you get more of a cardio workout. When people take 2 - 3 minute breaks between sets (or longer), they aren't getting that added cardio benefit. What I do to make strength training more of a cardiovascular workout is to take shorter breaks in between each set (no more than 30 - 60 seconds), or super set between two exercises. Nothing says "good agony" like doing a set of dumbell bench and following it up with a set of nose breakers.

    That said, the proper way to burn fat is and drop weight is:

    1) Diet
    2) Stength Training
    3) Cardio

    The increased HR that occurs with strength training is not the same as the increased HR that occurs w/cardio training. So, shortening recovery intervals to keep heart rate elevated is not very productive. You decrease the quality of the strength workout with little or no added cardio benefit.

    The more you try to make a strength workout like cardio, the less effective it is as a strength workout. You might as well just do cardio.
  • nannabannana
    nannabannana Posts: 780
    Thank you for posting. I am still new to strength training and I want to absorb all info that I can:)

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