» Site Navigation | | | » Tag Cloud | | Search Tags | » Stats |
Members: 35,973
Threads: 16,624
Posts: 173,692
Top Poster: maleficent (21,585) | | Welcome to our newest member, fogsky | | | Welcome to Weight Loss Forum - This information will disappear after Registration.
| | |
Welcome to the Weight Loss Forum forums.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
Note: After registering, you will receive an activation email. This will contain a link required to fully activate your account and allow you to post. Some email providers may put this in your JUNK or SPAM folder.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
|  | 
August 15th, 2007, 03:24 PM
|  | Newb | | Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 21
Rep Power: 0 | | | What is the importance of weight training/resistance training? I have a question for all you knowledgable people out there...
My sole goal is to lose 15 lbs of fat. I don't care about building muscle, although I am aware that muscle burns calories. I just want to get down to a weight I am most comfortable at.
My question is, should I be spending valuable gym minutes lifting wieghts?
I've been happily doing 30 minutes of cardio 5 days a week and cutting my calories to 1200-1700 a day. I didn't question the routine until I started reading other posts and noticed that the "trainers" on the site seem to be telling people to add resistance training to their routines. Is this truly important for everyone, and why?
Thanks in advance for any insight you can give me!
__________________  | 
August 15th, 2007, 03:29 PM
|  | The Objurgating Queen | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: near the search button
Posts: 21,585
Rep Power: 357932 | | | Go into the On Topic Section
Open the Stickied thread Words of Wisdom
and you will find a link that answers your question
__________________ 390-191-150-199-51% Motivation is not something you find or lose, have or don't have. It is the product of how you see yourself in the world: active or passive, effective or ineffective, powerful or victimized, normal or pathological. | 
August 15th, 2007, 03:40 PM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangor, ME
Posts: 106
Rep Power: 13 | | | I myself am a firm believer in weight training. There are so many articles will tell you this if you google this same question. Also read up about the effects of calcium vs calcium supplements for weight loss. I learned alot about that issue on google too.
It boils down to the shape of your body. Cardio will shed unwanted pounds, but resistance training will transform your body. For example...some one with a pear shaped body who wants to get that hour glass shape every one is after will not get it from cardio alone. They will just become a smaller pear.
So if you are happy with the shape of your body, Cardio will shed the pounds.
Any way that is my opinion only!! There may be certified trainers who dissagree, but I doubt you will find many. | 
August 15th, 2007, 03:51 PM
|  | Newb | | Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 21
Rep Power: 0 | | Quote:
Originally Posted by maleficent Go into the On Topic Section
Open the Stickied thread Words of Wisdom
and you will find a link that answers your question | I will head over there right now,  Thanks!
__________________  | 
August 15th, 2007, 03:55 PM
|  | Newb | | Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 21
Rep Power: 0 | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dysart147 I myself am a firm believer in weight training. <snip>
It boils down to the shape of your body. Cardio will shed unwanted pounds, but resistance training will transform your bod. | Here's a follow up question. How will resistance training transform your body?
I read steve saying (correct me if I'm wrong) that you can not lose weight and build muscle at the same time. So would that mean that weight training is not going to yield results unless I am increasing my calories and stopping the fat loss?
Thanks again for the input!
__________________  | 
August 15th, 2007, 04:56 PM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangor, ME
Posts: 106
Rep Power: 13 | | | Now remember that I am not a certified trainer.
The theory is that by developing muscle tone from resistance training you change the way your body looks by shaping the muscles into that hour glass figure. You do gain weight from the muscle that you build, but the whole goal should be to get your body into the shape that you are looking for. You do not have to lift heavy weights like the body builders do, but low weights with high reps will give you tone, and that is what will define your body's shape. Think of something like circuit training where you are moving rapidly between exercises.
There are also several articles on the internet that will tell you that the fat burning results of resistance training last up to 2-3 days after you work out and cardio only lasts a few hours after you are done.
Also if you weigh 10 lbs more than your "ideal weight" and had a killer body, at a low body fat ratio, would that bum you out very much?
Stretching is also very important!!
Here is a good article to read:
[url="http://www.fantasyfit.com/view.php?page=resistancetraining"] | 
August 15th, 2007, 05:03 PM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangor, ME
Posts: 106
Rep Power: 13 | | Quote: |
So would that mean that weight training is not going to yield results unless I am increasing my calories and stopping the fat loss?
| Sorry I missed that last question. The answer is no. If you want to gain alot of muscle mass then you need to increase your calories. You will still strenghthen your muslces with the resistance training. Push ups, pull ups, and those types of exercise are also considered resistance training. | 
August 15th, 2007, 05:23 PM
|  | Female Body Sculptor | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deos Fortioribus Adesse
Posts: 14,879
Rep Power: 558881 | | | I've seen the untrained individual lose fat and gain muscle simultaneously.
However, in general it's not going to happen.
Weight training will, however, add in maintaining the muscle you currently have. Where without it there's a chance of losing a good bit of muscle mass (especially if you don't have that much weight to lose).
Also, weight training is a great energy expenditure. Many think cardio is great. They don't factor in the "after-burn" that anaerobic training such as weights provide.
There are a bunch of benefits coming from weight training that go beyond fat loss. |  | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Rate This Thread | Linear Mode | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |