Should I be lifting while trying to lose fat? ..

Yes - do both - weights and cardio - you'll have amazing results and you won't bulk up!

Hi, YES....you should be lifting. I started a compound lifting program at 210 lbs about 7 months ago. I'm at 164 now and looking pretty good--nice firm legs and arms, curves are looking good! I still have fat to lose, but I'm certain that had I just done cardio (I hate cardio) and not lifted, my body wouldn't look nearly as good as it does now, and I also wouldn't be as strong.

Stick with the weights, make sure you're adding weight so that you're lifting progressively heavier. The fat will come off if you keep your calories in check and continue to lift, and you'll be left with a body that I'm pretty sure you'll be quite happy with. :flowerforyou:

Only read the title, but the answer is yes :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Only read the title, but the answer is yes :flowerforyou: :drinker:

I think everyone read only the title here...

Hi all,

So I know that increasing muscle mass increases your metabolic rate, etc, but I am noticing that I am getting quite bulky and broad but with the layers of fat on top. Rather than lifting weights, should I just focus on moves that use body weight? I feel like my body is getting out of proportion...

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.

please share your secret for how to gain muscle while eating at a deficit, because I'm trying to gain muscle, and I'm eating at a surplus and lifting some really heavy barbells, and i've only managed to gain 3lb in 9 weeks and I doubt that's pure muscle, it's probably mostly water/glycogen.

when you train, your muscles can get "pumped" they can end up looking a little bigger from that. You may weigh a little more (or not see a loss on the scale for a while) because your muscles are storing water and glycogen. But they're not actually growing. Your muscles will not carry on getting bigger. If you're eating at a deficit, you'll continue to lose fat, and you will end up slimmer. If you have broad shoulders and a broad frame generally, then that's what you have, it's from your skeleton and you can't change it. You'll have broad shoulders whether you weight train or not. But losing fat will make you look smaller overall. It is so extremely difficult for women to build up a significant amount of muscle, that when you combine weight training with eating at a deficit, women get smaller, not bigger. Weight training improves the shape and "firmness" of your muscles and it helps to ensure that what your body is losing is fat, not muscle or bone mass. Even if you deliberately eat at a surplus like I'm doing, it is extremely difficult to make the actual muscles bigger. And I have a large frame and good genetics for this kind of thing. So yes, carry on lifting.

Lift and do cardio....if your main goal is body composition the cardio is optional.

just do cardio so u dont get bulked

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Hi all,

So I know that increasing muscle mass increases your metabolic rate, etc, but I am noticing that I am getting quite bulky and broad but with the layers of fat on top. Rather than lifting weights, should I just focus on moves that use body weight? I feel like my body is getting out of proportion...

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.

continue lifting but adjust your diet.

Hi all,

So I know that increasing muscle mass increases your metabolic rate, etc, but I am noticing that I am getting quite bulky and broad but with the layers of fat on top. Rather than lifting weights, should I just focus on moves that use body weight? I feel like my body is getting out of proportion...

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.

please share your secret for how to gain muscle while eating at a deficit, because I'm trying to gain muscle, and I'm eating at a surplus and lifting some really heavy barbells, and i've only managed to gain 3lb in 9 weeks and I doubt that's pure muscle, it's probably mostly water/glycogen.

when you train, your muscles can get "pumped" they can end up looking a little bigger from that. You may weigh a little more (or not see a loss on the scale for a while) because your muscles are storing water and glycogen. But they're not actually growing. Your muscles will not carry on getting bigger. If you're eating at a deficit, you'll continue to lose fat, and you will end up slimmer. If you have broad shoulders and a broad frame generally, then that's what you have, it's from your skeleton and you can't change it. You'll have broad shoulders whether you weight train or not. But losing fat will make you look smaller overall. It is so extremely difficult for women to build up a significant amount of muscle, that when you combine weight training with eating at a deficit, women get smaller, not bigger. Weight training improves the shape and "firmness" of your muscles and it helps to ensure that what your body is losing is fat, not muscle or bone mass. Even if you deliberately eat at a surplus like I'm doing, it is extremely difficult to make the actual muscles bigger. And I have a large frame and good genetics for this kind of thing. So yes, carry on lifting.

True that, girls act like they can gain so much muscle when most guys have a difficult time doing so and guys have more testosterone!