Benefits of weight lifting while losing weight

theron12 · July 2017

What are the benefits of weight lifting while losing weight? Should I be lifting weights & what reasons why I should be? I'm currently 39lbs down & I only incorporated cardio about 2 weeks ago.

DancingMoosie · July 2017

The purpose of lifting weights as you lose weight is to preserve muscle. Otherwise, you will lose muscle along with fat and not change your overall body composition (not actually lower your bf%).

livingleanlivingclean · July 2017

It helps you retain the muscle you have. Muscle is hard to gain, and good to have, so keeping it is preferred to losing it and trying to regain it later.

Lowering your muscle mass lowers your bmr, so a person with less muscle at X lbs will require less calories to survive than a person at the same weight with more muscle.

DebLaBounty · July 2017

I just started lifting, and I'm gradually adding some definition to my body. I feel stronger and I think I look better. I have biceps!

Congrats on adding cardio! I think the weight lifting I'm doing has helped me power through some of my cardio workouts, and my cardio workouts have increased my stamina for lifting.

cwolfman13 · July 2017

Muscle retention...get stronger...bone density, etc. Also, weight loss aside, it's just pretty essential to overall fitness...not necessarily weight lifting, but resistance training of some kind.

Muscle mass is an expensive, use it or lose it commodity...if you're not using them you will lose them and in a deficit, you will lose more muscle mass than otherwise if you're not doing some kind of resistance training.

firef1y72 · July 2017

Now I'm not saying that I've grown muscle but I'm pretty sure my legs wouldn't look like this if I hadn't lifted while losing weight (yes I'm aware I still have fat to lose and there's loose skin). As far as I'm concerned the benefits of lifting heavy (for me) are there for the world to see, I'm at least a stone heavier than I was the last time I was this size and look (and feel) so much healthier and stronger. Plus it's done wonders for stabilising my hypermobile joints.

theron12 · July 2017

Thanks guys! I will definitely start doing some weight training now!

middlehaitch · July 2017

@firef1y72, I noticed you had updated your avatar and thought you looked good, seeing this pic just confirms it- you are looking awesome.

Sorry for the aside, carry on.

Cheers, h.

firef1y72 · July 2017

middlehaitch wrote: »

@firef1y72, I noticed you had updated your avatar and thought you looked good, seeing this pic just confirms it- you are looking awesome.

Sorry for the aside, carry on.

Cheers, h.

Thank you. It's taken some time and work but I'm really starting to see results now. And not a faddy diet in sight.

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