Olympic Weightlifting - Cutting Weight

Lexislavery
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Since I've started Oly lifting a few months ago, I've found myself getting fatter instead of leaning out. I used to do more "bodybuilding" style workouts and a small amount of cardio for about 2 hours 4x a week. Now I Oly lift 1 hour 5x week and never do cardio. I've gained close to 10 pounds in six months. Is cutting out the cardio really making that much of a difference? Or do the bodybuilding style workout with higher reps burn more calories?
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Calories in vs calories out. The difference between a typical strength workout vs a typical bodybuilding workout is probably negligible. Not doing cardio would be part of it. Diet is going to be the number 1 factor though. 10 lbs in 6 months represents roughly a 200ish calorie surplus a day. If your goal is to build muscle/strength then that is actually a good rate at which to gain. Why do you assume the 10 lbs is fat? Surely if you are training weights some of it would be lean tissue. When I bulk I attempt to gain about 1-2 lbs a month so 10 lbs in half a year would be successful in my book. If you want to lean out simply remove some calories.0
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You're no longer eating at a caloric deficit. Recalculate your needs.
Also 2 hours of exercise 4x a week is excessive. Even 1hr of lifting each time is a bit much, unless this is including all your rests. I'm actually right now working on getting my sessions down to ~50 minutes or less, 60ish if you include rests.
I agree that reducing cardio is likely a big culprit. I used to do way more cardio, then I switched to almost just weights, and then I did weights less often... and I gained weight while eating the same amount of food or a bit more.0 -
You're no longer eating at a caloric deficit. Recalculate your needs.
Also 2 hours of exercise 4x a week is excessive. Even 1hr of lifting each time is a bit much, unless this is including all your rests. I'm actually right now working on getting my sessions down to ~50 minutes or less, 60ish if you include rests.
I agree that reducing cardio is likely a big culprit. I used to do way more cardio, then I switched to almost just weights, and then I did weights less often... and I gained weight while eating the same amount of food or a bit more.0
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