Only Strength training to loose weight??

salsadat
salsadat Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
will I loose weight if I only do strength training and watch my diet? Air minimum to no cardio?
Any experiences? If yes, what should my strength training schedule look like? Can I strength train everyday if my body isn't complaining? Thanks in advance!

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  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    you only need to reduce calories to lose weight. Weight loss happens in the kitchen not in the gym.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I was a complete cardio bunny in the begining of my weight loss. I moved over to more weights and less cardio and I'm still losing. I WISH i would have started my weight loss journey doing only weights instead of cardio.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Calorie deficit for weight loss
    Strength training for an awesome bod :)
    Look up strong lifts or new rules of lifting
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Diet for weight control; exercise for fitness.

    I lift a few nights per week and I also ride about 60 - 80 miles per week depending...I'm also just pretty generally active outside of the office. I've lost weight, maintained weight, and deliberately gained weight doing all of the above...the difference between those weight management goals wasn't the exercise I was doing, it was my consumption.

    I highly recommend resistance training...I also recommend you look into some actual programs as it takes quite a bit of knowledge to program your own routine. You should not lift everyday...I usually recommend newds to look into full body programs rather than splits...but even if you were to do a split, these are typically 4x weekly...5x weekly in some cases, but most traditional splits are 4x weekly.

    As a matter of general fitness and for your overall health and well being I also would advise some cardio...that doesn't mean droning away on some machine...find something you like doing. I personally love riding my bike.
  • Kait_Dee
    Kait_Dee Posts: 176 Member
    edited June 2015
    I found thay a healthy combination of both cardio and weights were beneficial at the beginning of my journey (down 115lbs to date). I started out strictly with cardio and I hate it now - I predominately do HIIT ... it's like ripping a band aid off. Quick and relatively painless. I lift 4-5 days a week ... love my big movements like squats and deadlifts - they activate all of those BIG fat burning muscles...
  • salsadat
    salsadat Posts: 6 Member
    Appreciate all the feedback. Thank you!
  • eatgoodeat
    eatgoodeat Posts: 180 Member
    Kait_Dee wrote: »
    I found thay a healthy combination of both cardio and weights were beneficial at the beginning of my journey (down 115lbs to date). I started out strictly with cardio and I hate it now - I predominately do HIIT ... it's like ripping a band aid off. Quick and relatively painless. I lift 4-5 days a week ... love my big movements like squats and deadlifts - they activate all of those BIG fat burning muscles...
    here! here!

  • thatonegirlwiththestuff
    thatonegirlwiththestuff Posts: 1,171 Member
    I do absolutely no cardio. Zero. Zip. Nada. I walk past the cardio room and snicker. I maintain a clean diet and lift heavy 4-5 days a week and stay very lean that way.
  • leleti01
    leleti01 Posts: 24 Member
    thatonegirlwiththestuff wrote: »
    I do absolutely no cardio. Zero. Zip. Nada. I walk past the cardio room and snicker. I maintain a clean diet and lift heavy 4-5 days a week and stay very lean that way.
    How much weight have you lost? I have heard lifting is the way to lose weight? Is it true?
  • lizzocat
    lizzocat Posts: 356 Member
    edited June 2015
    I strength train 2-3 times a week (one day upper, one day Lower and when I can one day I focus on glute work) and then I cross train at least 2-3 other days a week, by that I mean either cardio or outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking, trail running, etc. I wouldn't do one without the other personally
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I lost my weight with calorie deficit, lifting, and minimal cardio. Maybe an hour a week tops, now I do none. I lifted 4-5 days a week in the beginner, and then shifted into a 4 day split. The most import thing is that you are running a progressive over load program incorporating all compound lifts, and meeting your protein goal.
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