Dumbbell training
wullie67
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Hi everyone, can anyone tell me if it’s good to ad dumbbells to exercise to lose weight? Just starting out and looking for some help. I’ve been walking and trying to watch what I eat and now was wondering if I should ad some training as well
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It doesn't burn a lot of calories, but it's good for maintaining muscle whilst you lose weight, which will likely improve your body composition.
Weight loss mostly happens in the kitchen, exercise is good for your health.4 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »It doesn't burn a lot of calories, but it's good for maintaining muscle whilst you lose weight, which will likely improve your body composition.
Weight loss mostly happens in the kitchen, exercise is good for your health.
This is true. However with weight training, your body will continue to burn calories hours after your workout.3 -
Maintaining muscle is very important for long term maintenance. I personally regret that I didn't do any while I was losing weight because now my maintenance calories are 1350. I believe if I had more muscle I would need a higher calorie level.3
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I am weight training primarily with dumbbells. and pushups/crunches/situps
These 7 exercises in this video are really good for whole body. I'm over 50 but it applies to any age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pARdNj77HUA 2 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »It doesn't burn a lot of calories, but it's good for maintaining muscle whilst you lose weight, which will likely improve your body composition.
Weight loss mostly happens in the kitchen, exercise is good for your health.
This is true. However with weight training, your body will continue to burn calories hours after your workout.
It does, but not enough to have a substantial impact on weight loss.2 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »It doesn't burn a lot of calories, but it's good for maintaining muscle whilst you lose weight, which will likely improve your body composition.
Weight loss mostly happens in the kitchen, exercise is good for your health.
This is true. However with weight training, your body will continue to burn calories hours after your workout.
It does, but not enough to have a substantial impact on weight loss.
That's where cardio comes in 0 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »It doesn't burn a lot of calories, but it's good for maintaining muscle whilst you lose weight, which will likely improve your body composition.
Weight loss mostly happens in the kitchen, exercise is good for your health.
This is true. However with weight training, your body will continue to burn calories hours after your workout.
It does, but not enough to have a substantial impact on weight loss.
That's where cardio comes in
That's not what OP was asking about though, they specifically asked if adding dumbbell to their routine would be good for weight loss.
It's not always a good idea to rely on exercise as your means of creating a deficit, it can make it difficult to manage intake should you be unable to exercise or if your non-exercise activity level changes (injury/change in work patterns/change in personal circumstances, etc), it can also increase appetite significantly.
I'm not saying that exercise isn't a good idea, it's great to include both cardio and strength training, but for health reasons, not for weight loss.5 -
Thanks everyone. I’m just trying to change my ways a little, I’m doing both I suppose losing weight and trying to be a little bit fitter. One of my work mate told me to try some dumbbells into my routine, not looking to become a body builder just to feel better and maybe look a bit better. Thanks2
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »It doesn't burn a lot of calories, but it's good for maintaining muscle whilst you lose weight, which will likely improve your body composition.
Weight loss mostly happens in the kitchen, exercise is good for your health.
This is true. However with weight training, your body will continue to burn calories hours after your workout.
It does, but not enough to have a substantial impact on weight loss.
That's where cardio comes in
Nope, that's where calorie deficit comes in 1 -
Hi OP - including exercise in your life can only be a positive thing. Yes yes calories are what make you lose weight blah blah we all know that, but as previously mentioned, doing weights or even some body weight exercises will help you with retaining your muscle as you lose weight. And the older we get the more muscle we lose. Weight training also helps with bone density and *kitten* that is important as we get older.
So do your exercises, yes! Not so much for the weight loss aspect, but for the general health and fitness aspect.
The stuff in that video above is fine. A great starting point regardless of age, fitness levels or sex.6 -
Cahgetsfit...thank you, I’m only looking for advice as I’m new to all this stuff. I’ve noticed everyone has different opinions on fitness, I’m 39 now and just wanted to get rid of my belly ha ha but I’ve started to really enjoy going long walks and doing some HIIT exercise and just thought I would add the dumbbells to give me something different. Thanks everyone for helping0
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Hi everyone, I'm looking to reduce flabby arms. i am 92 kg right now and pretty much sedentary. i have been doing brisk walking on the treadmill for 1 hr. how do i start toning my arms?0
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