How much heavy should you lift to lose fat?

Sparkle097
Sparkle097 Posts: 83 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
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  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
    While lifting has nothing to do with fat loss, you should still do some strength training to help preserve muscle mass while losing weight.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Lifting heavy has nothing to do with losing fat. Eating fewer calories has to do with losing fat.

    Listen to this poster about lifting heavy. She knows her stuff and can deadlift me.

    I think she can dead lift you and me with plates added. :o

    Cheers, h.

    Nope, but only because I'm still a bit of a fat*puppy*.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Lifting heavy has nothing to do with losing fat. Eating fewer calories has to do with losing fat.

    Listen to this poster about lifting heavy. She knows her stuff and can deadlift me.

    I think she can dead lift you and me with plates added. :o

    Cheers, h.

    Nope, but only because I'm still a bit of a fat*puppy*.

    Ok @quiksylver296 just how much can you deadlift?
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Ok that is me and you and a couple of (smaller) plates @Tacklewasher.

    I was going off a 365lbs lift, and I know you don’t weigh 263. ;) h.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    edited December 2018
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Ok that is me and you and a couple of (smaller) plates @Tacklewasher.

    I was going off a 365lbs lift, and I know you don’t weigh 263. ;) h.

    Yeah. You are right and I was wrong. I was thinking in the 320 range, and you are ~110-120. I'm in the 200-210 range so yeah, you me and some plates is correct.

    Sorry @quiksylver296 for remembering wrong.

    Ooh, seriously impressed, had you still around the 220 range. 102 for me.
    I live in hope that one day you will do a before and after, or just an after.

    Cheers, h.
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    edited December 2018
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Lifting heavy has nothing to do with losing fat. Eating fewer calories has to do with losing fat.

    Listen to this poster about lifting heavy. She knows her stuff and can deadlift me.

    I think she can dead lift you and me with plates added. :o

    Cheers, h.

    Nope, but only because I'm still a bit of a fat*puppy*.

    Ok @quiksylver296 just how much can you deadlift?

    175 kgs (385.6 lbs)

    Holy Mackeral! I am so incredibly impressed. :o
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Lifting heavy has nothing to do with losing fat. Eating fewer calories has to do with losing fat.

    Listen to this poster about lifting heavy. She knows her stuff and can deadlift me.

    I think she can dead lift you and me with plates added. :o

    Cheers, h.

    Nope, but only because I'm still a bit of a fat*puppy*.

    Ok @quiksylver296 just how much can you deadlift?

    175 kgs (385.6 lbs)

    Holy smokes. You are awesome. Do I even lift?? :D
  • Elphaba1313
    Elphaba1313 Posts: 205 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Lifting heavy has nothing to do with losing fat. Eating fewer calories has to do with losing fat.

    Listen to this poster about lifting heavy. She knows her stuff and can deadlift me.

    I think she can dead lift you and me with plates added. :o

    Cheers, h.

    Nope, but only because I'm still a bit of a fat*puppy*.

    Ok @quiksylver296 just how much can you deadlift?

    175 kgs (385.6 lbs)

    And I thought you were inspirational before!!!
  • newhopeind
    newhopeind Posts: 34 Member
    Just a quick addition:

    Yes, heavy lifting will burn fat, but it’s correct what the other posters have said, you’re not going to see weight loss the way you expect. The more muscle you add, the higher your weight will go because you’re going to build muscle. Muscle needs lots of water and protein, so be sure to be getting enough.

    Having said, once you GET the muscle up, it will burn more calories at rest. However you can’t track or account for those calories, so it’s important to remember that.

    I posted a while back about my own struggle with weight loss vs fat loss using heavy weight. Lifted heavy for a month, scale didn’t budge. Decided to change my macros for lower carbs and higher protein and within a week the scale was moving again.

    To sum it all up: more muscle means higher metabolism, but won’t “melt lbs” like many imply. It just helps your metabolism stay hotter for longer. But again, GET ENOUGH PROTEIN.
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