The best gym equipment for weight loss?

Fork put downs and table push aways. Srsly...your weight loss is 99.9% about what you are putting into your mouth. Exercise simply increases your body's calorie requirements which in turn allows you to eat more and still lose weight...plus you look more fit in the end. Example...

Lets say without much of any exercise whatsoever that you maintain on 2000 calories per day (average female). Theoretically you would lose about 1 lb per week eating 1500 calories per day...as you would have a 500 calorie per day deficit from your maintenance = 3,500 calorie deficit for the week.

Now let's say you exercise and on average burn around 300 calories per workout. Your new maintenance would now be 2300 calories (2000 + 300 = 2300)...so to achieve the same 500 calorie deficit you could now eat 1,800 calories per day (2300 - 500 = 1,800)

Any exercise you do is going to increase your activity and thus increase your calorie requirements. This is why I always tell everybody and anybody to sit down and think of some actual fitness goals that go beyond burning calories...it's all going to burn extra calories...so set some goals that go beyond that and prosper.

Any good fitness regimen is going to have components of both cardiovascular fitness and strength/resistance work. Your priorities for either one will be determined by your fitness goals.

Diet for weight control; exercise for fitness.

I burn more calories per hour on the treadmill than anything else if that's what you're asking

I don't know. Nothing looked the same. And why should I have to google what's IN A BOOK that's supposed to explain it all? It had photos and descriptions, but it was not helpful at all once I tried to incorporate it in reality.

I should have just googled in the first place and saved the money I spent on the useless book.

this guy figured it out

I took each exercise, googled them, watched some videos, saved some pictures and hit the gym as soon as I could. It's fun, and works really well. I also googled alternatives, because I can't get my fat *kitten* to do a jackknife to save my life, so I found alternatives. It's a good place to start, and the book is cheap.

As I said, the book was supposed to tell me what and how. It didn't. Why buy the book in the first place, which I bought at the recommendation of people on this site.

If you still have to google everything after reading the book, there's no point in buying the book ...

the point is that it gives you a program complete with exercises and progression so that a complete noob has a place to start. sorry, but the $14 you pay for the book doesn't cover having someone come to the gym with you and hold your hand while guiding you to the various pieces of equipment and showing you each move in person. The gym has someone that will do that.....for $75 an hour.

Either your expectations are too high for $14 or you're waiting to play the victim card, not sure which.

"Victim card"? Seriously?

I expected the book to be at least somewhat helpful. It was not even slightly helpful. I read it, thought I had a good idea of what I was doing, walked into the gym and found that it was a waste of money and time. And as I said, others have since backed me up on that -- people who actually lift regularly and know their stuff.

I'm not asking for my money back. I'm not going to sue the writer or publisher. I'm simply stating it isn't what it's touted to be and trying to save someone else the trouble.

Free weights. Buy the book "New Rules of Lifting for Women" and follow the plan. :-)

Yep. I do NROLFW from home. I have an all-in-one rack with the pulley system, knee lift chair, pull up bar, bench etc and what do I use most? My trusty dumbbells. Just about to a weight where the dumbbells won't do the job so I'm hoping to add a barbell when I get my next check

Cardio! I love the eliptical.

Free weights. Buy the book "New Rules of Lifting for Women" and follow the plan. :-)

THIS

Not only is it a progressive weight lifting plan, it prevents you from wandering around the gym looking lost. I made a chart for each exercise, pictures if you don't remember what the exercise is. Mark down the weights you're using so you can GRADUALLY increase them throught the weeks. I also do 15 minutes of cardio before and after I lift.

I read that book. Then I went to the gym, walked to the free weights section and realized nothing looked like in the book and I had no idea where to start.

So ....

you're gym doesn't have a squat rack or power cage?

and you don't know how to google.

okay got it.

I don't know. Nothing looked the same. And why should I have to google what's IN A BOOK that's supposed to explain it all? It had photos and descriptions, but it was not helpful at all once I tried to incorporate it in reality.

I should have just googled in the first place and saved the money I spent on the useless book.

So you took nothing away from it? Nothing at all? No tips on form, nothing on progression, why weight train, etc?

I don't know if you realize, but gym equipment isn't created by just one company. So that means there will be different looks to the same "type" of machine or even racks/plates, etc. Maybe you could have asked which machine was which; or what something was; or where a specific thing was? Or was there no one available to help you at your gym?

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I don't know. Nothing looked the same. And why should I have to google what's IN A BOOK that's supposed to explain it all? It had photos and descriptions, but it was not helpful at all once I tried to incorporate it in reality.

I should have just googled in the first place and saved the money I spent on the useless book.

this guy figured it out

I took each exercise, googled them, watched some videos, saved some pictures and hit the gym as soon as I could. It's fun, and works really well. I also googled alternatives, because I can't get my fat *kitten* to do a jackknife to save my life, so I found alternatives. It's a good place to start, and the book is cheap.

As I said, the book was supposed to tell me what and how. It didn't. Why buy the book in the first place, which I bought at the recommendation of people on this site.

If you still have to google everything after reading the book, there's no point in buying the book ...

the point is that it gives you a program complete with exercises and progression so that a complete noob has a place to start. sorry, but the $14 you pay for the book doesn't cover having someone come to the gym with you and hold your hand while guiding you to the various pieces of equipment and showing you each move in person. The gym has someone that will do that.....for $75 an hour.

Either your expectations are too high for $14 or you're waiting to play the victim card, not sure which.

"Victim card"? Seriously?

I expected the book to be at least somewhat helpful. It was not even slightly helpful. I read it, thought I had a good idea of what I was doing, walked into the gym and found that it was a waste of money and time. And as I said, others have since backed me up on that -- people who actually lift regularly and know their stuff.

I'm not asking for my money back. I'm not going to sue the writer or publisher. I'm simply stating it isn't what it's touted to be and trying to save someone else the trouble.

You said it was recommended to you on here? By how many people? Does your one experience negate all of their positive ones? The book didn't change only the person reading it. Just saying.

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As I said, the book was supposed to tell me what and how. It didn't.

Yes, it did.

My wife and I bought this. I've read it twice - some sections more. The only thing it doesn't tell you is exactly where to start. But it does tell you how to figure that part out for yourself.

If you had a problem walking into the gym and implementing this program, the problem wasn't with the book - it was either you or your gym. It sounds like it was your gym that was the problem.

All depends on what you are looking to do... for cardio, I love love love the Arc Trainer... strength free weights.

Eat at a deficit and look for this machine in your gym.




And do StrongLifts of NROL in it

^^Best piece of equipment I ever bought. Starting Strength is a great read to go along with it.

Free weights

I don't know. Nothing looked the same. And why should I have to google what's IN A BOOK that's supposed to explain it all? It had photos and descriptions, but it was not helpful at all once I tried to incorporate it in reality.

I should have just googled in the first place and saved the money I spent on the useless book.

this guy figured it out

I took each exercise, googled them, watched some videos, saved some pictures and hit the gym as soon as I could. It's fun, and works really well. I also googled alternatives, because I can't get my fat *kitten* to do a jackknife to save my life, so I found alternatives. It's a good place to start, and the book is cheap.

As I said, the book was supposed to tell me what and how. It didn't. Why buy the book in the first place, which I bought at the recommendation of people on this site.

If you still have to google everything after reading the book, there's no point in buying the book ...

the point is that it gives you a program complete with exercises and progression so that a complete noob has a place to start. sorry, but the $14 you pay for the book doesn't cover having someone come to the gym with you and hold your hand while guiding you to the various pieces of equipment and showing you each move in person. The gym has someone that will do that.....for $75 an hour.

Either your expectations are too high for $14 or you're waiting to play the victim card, not sure which.

"Victim card"? Seriously?

I expected the book to be at least somewhat helpful. It was not even slightly helpful. I read it, thought I had a good idea of what I was doing, walked into the gym and found that it was a waste of money and time. And as I said, others have since backed me up on that -- people who actually lift regularly and know their stuff.

I'm not asking for my money back. I'm not going to sue the writer or publisher. I'm simply stating it isn't what it's touted to be and trying to save someone else the trouble.

It helped me when i was a complete begginer. Didn't even have to google the exercises because the pictures and descriptions ARE detailed and helpful. Please don't dismiss the quality of the book, or program just because you needed extra help following simple instructions.