Cardio or Weight Training: Which is better for extreme weight loss?
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I'd strongly recommend finding good strength training workouts. In the past I would camp out on cardio machines and go for over an hour a session. After a while of that and no results I signed up with a trainer. This lady has had me doing weights and squats and lunges and assisted pull ups...After only a month I'm seeing and feeling muscles I haven't seen in a long time. Good luck to you and congrats on your success thus far!
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You can do better than that. Do tell.LiveLaughLoveEat1 wrote: »cardio will give you higher burns and create a bigger net calorie deficit,with diet.
you will lose muscle as well as fat.
strength/ weight training needs to play a part too, to reduce muscle loss and further down the road to body shape,as oft stated already.
combine both .
i lost 40lbs in 3 months from 2+ hours daily cardio,so have learned the hard way from depleted strength/ performance that i needed to incorporate strength/ core training too.
i now split 50-50.
great job on losses so far,good luck in losing the rest.
um...just no
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Cardio.
But both are good for you.
The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn just sitting around. So, lifting doesn't just help you burn while you do it, in a roundabout way, it will allow you to keep burning more every day. If you keep the muscle you have now, you won't have to worry about adding any when you're done!
But if you're just out to just lose as much weight as you can, just as fast as you can, and don't care about composition as much - Cardio.
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WalkingAlong wrote: »
You can do better than that. Do tell.LiveLaughLoveEat1 wrote: »cardio will give you higher burns and create a bigger net calorie deficit,with diet.
you will lose muscle as well as fat.
strength/ weight training needs to play a part too, to reduce muscle loss and further down the road to body shape,as oft stated already.
combine both .
i lost 40lbs in 3 months from 2+ hours daily cardio,so have learned the hard way from depleted strength/ performance that i needed to incorporate strength/ core training too.
i now split 50-50.
great job on losses so far,good luck in losing the rest.
um...just no
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Cardio doesn't burn fat. It burns calories. Any physical activity will burn calories, some more than others. The calorie burns help to create a deficit..........some higher than others, but over all fat loss comes from CICO and REST. One burns more calories sleeping for 8 hours than doing 1.5-2 hours of cardio.jacobsangel wrote: »Anything that increases your heart rate. Cardio will burn fat until you are done working out (or for a while after). HIIT cardio is different. Weight training will keep burning fat 8 hrs after your workout, so I have heard. I highly suggest you do both. Cardio then weights and then more cardio after.
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Cardio doesn't burn fat. It burns calories. Any physical activity will burn calories, some more than others. The calorie burns help to create a deficit..........some higher than others, but over all fat loss comes from CICO and REST. One burns more calories sleeping for 8 hours than doing 1.5-2 hours of cardio.jacobsangel wrote: »Anything that increases your heart rate. Cardio will burn fat until you are done working out (or for a while after). HIIT cardio is different. Weight training will keep burning fat 8 hrs after your workout, so I have heard. I highly suggest you do both. Cardio then weights and then more cardio after.
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Sorry what is CICO?
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paradisewhite wrote: »Hello.
I am in the process of losing a lot of weight. This far, I have lost 65 pounds. I would still like to lose another 70 pounds.
I have my diet down pretty well. I count all my calories, know which foods work well with my body, and don't eat any junk.
I hear both sides of the argument and don't really know which is best. I probably 3/4 of my current total by merely changing diet. I am to a point where the rate at which I am losing is slow enough that I know I need to change my workout priority.
Based on multiple calculators, my BMR range from 2000 on the MFP app, to 2750 on others.
Any information and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Exercise is not necessary to lose weight, as I'm sure you already know. All that is required is a calorie deficit.
However, if you choose to exercise, I suggest your find something you like to do. I heavy weight lift as well as run and do other cardio because I simply love to do them.
In my opinion, heavy weight lifting is one exercise worth doing at any stage of weight loss.
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WalkingAlong wrote: »
You can do better than that. Do tell.LiveLaughLoveEat1 wrote: »cardio will give you higher burns and create a bigger net calorie deficit,with diet.
you will lose muscle as well as fat.
strength/ weight training needs to play a part too, to reduce muscle loss and further down the road to body shape,as oft stated already.
combine both .
i lost 40lbs in 3 months from 2+ hours daily cardio,so have learned the hard way from depleted strength/ performance that i needed to incorporate strength/ core training too.
i now split 50-50.
great job on losses so far,good luck in losing the rest.
um...just no
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WalkingAlong wrote: »
You can do better than that. Do tell.LiveLaughLoveEat1 wrote: »cardio will give you higher burns and create a bigger net calorie deficit,with diet.
you will lose muscle as well as fat.
strength/ weight training needs to play a part too, to reduce muscle loss and further down the road to body shape,as oft stated already.
combine both .
i lost 40lbs in 3 months from 2+ hours daily cardio,so have learned the hard way from depleted strength/ performance that i needed to incorporate strength/ core training too.
i now split 50-50.
great job on losses so far,good luck in losing the rest.
um...just no
indeed.feel free to educate us all please.
The real answer is that combining resistance-training and cardio, be it aerobic or anaerobic, will yield that best results in-conjunction with an appropriate nutrition plan that supports weight-loss.
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Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »WalkingAlong wrote: »
You can do better than that. Do tell.LiveLaughLoveEat1 wrote: »cardio will give you higher burns and create a bigger net calorie deficit,with diet.
you will lose muscle as well as fat.
strength/ weight training needs to play a part too, to reduce muscle loss and further down the road to body shape,as oft stated already.
combine both .
i lost 40lbs in 3 months from 2+ hours daily cardio,so have learned the hard way from depleted strength/ performance that i needed to incorporate strength/ core training too.
i now split 50-50.
great job on losses so far,good luck in losing the rest.
um...just no
indeed.feel free to educate us all please.
The real answer is that combining resistance-training and cardio, be it aerobic or anaerobic, will yield that best results in-conjunction with an appropriate nutrition plan that supports weight-loss.
which is exactly what i advised.
maybe you skip read thread,
question was querying losing fat didnt also lose muscle as highlighted by bm livelaughlov....0 -
Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »WalkingAlong wrote: »
You can do better than that. Do tell.LiveLaughLoveEat1 wrote: »cardio will give you higher burns and create a bigger net calorie deficit,with diet.
you will lose muscle as well as fat.
strength/ weight training needs to play a part too, to reduce muscle loss and further down the road to body shape,as oft stated already.
combine both .
i lost 40lbs in 3 months from 2+ hours daily cardio,so have learned the hard way from depleted strength/ performance that i needed to incorporate strength/ core training too.
i now split 50-50.
great job on losses so far,good luck in losing the rest.
um...just no
indeed.feel free to educate us all please.
The real answer is that combining resistance-training and cardio, be it aerobic or anaerobic, will yield that best results in-conjunction with an appropriate nutrition plan that supports weight-loss.
which is exactly what i advised.
maybe you skip read thread,
question was querying losing fat didnt also lose muscle as highlighted by bm livelaughlov....
Well at least you know what you did wrong.
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Dumb question..my legs get a heck of a workout on the treadmill..you mean I'd have to do weight training too, to maintain my leg muscles? Plus I eat some protein after a workout, if that helps. I live in Podunk, Maine with no access to a trainer so the weight machines are kind of intimidating but I have been trying (for my arms).
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