Weight training advice

hwestwood04
hwestwood04 Posts: 25
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
bulked and gained 14lbs in areas needed.. Now back on stripping diet but dont want to loose to much of size. Best cardio to do to help tone but not loose my muscle

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  • madrose0715
    madrose0715 Posts: 463 Member
    edited January 2015
    Any cardio that gets your heart rate up and going for awhile is good for calorie burning however, you want progressive load weight lifting 2-3X/week to help retain your muscle.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    HIIT
  • njerry368
    njerry368 Posts: 2
    I would say do a light jog or jump roping for 5-10 minutes as a warm up and then continue on with your normal routine. Wish you the best of luck!
  • CoachK17
    CoachK17 Posts: 268 Member
    HIIT workouts. They hurt so good lol.
  • hhjoshhh
    hhjoshhh Posts: 2
    Sounds like you may need to change up, or keep a closer eye on your macros (carbs, protein, fats). I'm 5'10 30yr old male. I am what they call an easy gainer. To keep the weight off but continue to build muscle I've been sticking to 40%carbs-40%protein-20%fats. I was 201lbs about 2months ago, and I've since lost weight down to 195 after a full day of eating. Only ithwr thing I recommend is to try intermittent fasting...seems to work for lots of people.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    stripping diet?
  • hwestwood04
    hwestwood04 Posts: 25
    Protein intake is between 130-150gs a day.. 200g of carbs which is 100g of sweet potato in 2 of my meals i have
    7am- Protein shake-fat burners-daily vitamins and omega3 tablets
    8am- Porridge and water
    11am- Chicken green veg n sweet potato
    2pm- Chicken green veg sweet potato
    5pm- Veg n chicken
    8pm- Protein shake n fat burners before bed

    I work different part of my body each day.. Also i do boxercise one evening for fun.
    2litres water a day

  • Tomm88
    Tomm88 Posts: 733 Member
    if fat loss if your goal now i'd go with HIIT for a while. Or if you have access to a prowler or something like that pushing that would be ideal.
  • aquinoneza
    aquinoneza Posts: 1
    hwestwood04 wrote: »
    bulked and gained 14lbs in areas needed.. Now back on stripping diet but dont want to loose to much of size. Best cardio to do to help tone but not loose my muscle

    I think the best cardio with minimal loss of size is treadmill set at high inclination. Key is not to hold on the machine like everyone else does.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Cardio isn't going to "loose your muscle".
    You would have to take your cardio to extremes to start using muscle as fuel if that's what you are concerned about.

    Your diet looks very low in fat BTW, do you have a fat goal as well as protein and carbs?
  • hwestwood04
    hwestwood04 Posts: 25
    Im new to weight training so im not sure what im supposed to be having. I use this app to log my food intake i always reach the goals on here x
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