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Your cardio/weight training results??

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  • hannah_d1989
    hannah_d1989 Posts: 57 Member
    I lost 20lbs in 4 months strictly cardio. I really noticed results once I started HIIT.

    Awesome, thats good to know. my cardio is going to be HIIT, around 20 minutes 4 times per week.
  • Quix82
    Quix82 Posts: 99 Member
    I lost 20lbs in 4 months strictly cardio. I really noticed results once I started HIIT.

    Awesome, thats good to know. my cardio is going to be HIIT, around 20 minutes 4 times per week.

    Nice. If it's your first time doing it. Kind of feel it out before truly pushing yourself. My legs pretty much gave out on the treadmill and I almost flew into the wall. Ah, missed opportunity of a youtube moment.
  • Silent1980
    Silent1980 Posts: 24
    My body fat went from 42% to 25%
    I lost 20 cm from waist and 20 from hips

    WOW! How long did this take you to achieve?

    10 months
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    I've gotten better results by upping my strength workouts over the last 5 months, than in the year or more doing mostly cardio. Yes I lost weight doing cardio, but I lost a lot of inches and dropped sizes faster lifting weights, but like others have said you still have to eat at a calorie deficit. If you do decide to focus on weight training, you should up your protein.
  • mazmataz
    mazmataz Posts: 331 Member
    I would happily never strap on my running shoes or get on the cross trainer again, if there was some other way of increasing the calorie deficit than not eating :P I like to eat...okay I do kind of like running, in a weird, saddistic, self-punishing way!

    I have just started weight training properly, so watch this space I guess!
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    I love weightlifting but I do throw in some "fun" cardio for myself. For me, video games entertain me enough to care about it for about 20-30 minutes about 5 days a week. I lift 3-4 days. :)
  • micheleld73
    micheleld73 Posts: 914 Member
    I do cardio because I'm addicted to it.
    I do strength training, because I hate the flab and want the muscle!!
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    So I am wondering, did you lose fat (not necessarily weight) from cardio, weights, or a combination of the two???

    I lost my weight by eating 400-1000 less than my maintenance.

    I changed the way my body looked by lifting weights.

    I improved my endurance by doing cardio.

    This, exactly.
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