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Is Cardio good for weight loss? (1 Viewer)
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BrutalPenguin
Footballguy
If you do cardio instead of eating, yes
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Just to add to this, I don't think you can exercise yourself to weight loss. Eating at a deficit is key (personally, I've lost 30 lbs since March and have done zero exercise outside of a few walks). However, I have found cardio will boost that weight loss assuming you are already eating at a deficit. Doing cardio, but not restricting calories won't show much of a loss, since you can't exercise yourself to a meaningful deficit if you are eating at break even had you not been exercising.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
Cardio is good for short term weight loss. It's also good for your cardiovascular system.
building muscle via weightlifting is better for long term weight loss than cardio is, though. You can stay the same weight you are now, but if you turn 10% of your body fat into muscle, your base metabolic rate goes up significantly.
building muscle via weightlifting is better for long term weight loss than cardio is, though. You can stay the same weight you are now, but if you turn 10% of your body fat into muscle, your base metabolic rate goes up significantly.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
gianmarco
Footballguy
Not to mention doing cardio will make you more hungry in general. Diet AND exercise is best. If you're going to pick one, diet is the answer.
And if you want to keep it simple, don't try to worry about what kinds of foods you can eat and what you can't. Simply cut down portions, get rid of snacks and any excess unnecessary calories (sodas, desserts), and teach yourself to simply eat less. The first few days of it sucks and then it gets easy.
And if you want to keep it simple, don't try to worry about what kinds of foods you can eat and what you can't. Simply cut down portions, get rid of snacks and any excess unnecessary calories (sodas, desserts), and teach yourself to simply eat less. The first few days of it sucks and then it gets easy.
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Pipes
Footballguy
Agreed. That's why I do cardio and workout so I don't have to give up things I love like Beer, Chicken Wings, etc...I'm just trying to maintain and realize at 46 I'm never going to have a 6 pack again.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Interval - 100 yd jog, then run as long as you can as though your life depended on it, stop & get your breath, repeat as often as you can stand. Re-sets your metabolism
Buttonhook
Footballguy
Yep, don't be afraid to pump some iron. The more burn you feel in the your muscles, the more calories you will burn, and the more calories your muscles will burn as they recover (unlike cardio, this can occur even the next day).
James Daulton
Footballguy
You better hope a certain smarty pants FBG doesn't poke his head in here. He's likely to go all MOP on everyone ITT.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Cocaine usually does the trick. HTH.
jamny
Footballguy
I've finally stopped buying beer to bring home. I used to go through a couple of six packs over the weekend and an occasional pint or two during the week. I've been doing about 30 minutes on an exercise bike (10 miles) 3 or 4 times a week, some weights 2 or 3 times a week, a little abs workout a few times a week and have gone with a more fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, etc for breakfast and lunch. Just want to lose the gut and tone up a bit, hopefully drop about 15lbs to get down to 195-200. I'm hoping for it to be less of a diet and more like a sustainable lifestyle change. A little over a month so far and it's going good.
sbonomo
Footballguy
are there any reputable studies out there about calories burned during workouts? I have always wondered what a 45-60 minute hard work-out did in the way of calorie burn.
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Nathan R. Jessep
Footballguy
I am also a weightlifting proponent. Also a proponent of tracking your calorie intake via a smartphone app or website. It helps to keep you accountable. Good advice so far in here.
It's hard to speculate without knowing your current regimen, but I'd add that if you are currently doing zero (no exercise, bad diet), that you can probably make some simple changes to your diet and drop some pounds with zero exercise. Of course, that's not optimal if you're just trying to be healthier in general, but if you're just looking to drop some quick pounds in a deadline scenario, all it takes is some discipline and willpower on what/how much you are eating and drinking.
It's hard to speculate without knowing your current regimen, but I'd add that if you are currently doing zero (no exercise, bad diet), that you can probably make some simple changes to your diet and drop some pounds with zero exercise. Of course, that's not optimal if you're just trying to be healthier in general, but if you're just looking to drop some quick pounds in a deadline scenario, all it takes is some discipline and willpower on what/how much you are eating and drinking.
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Nathan R. Jessep
Footballguy
Strenuous anything will burn more calories as a general rule. Even hugging.
If you have one of the calorie/exercise tracking apps, they'll give you a decent estimate of number of calories burned for 'x' activity (but not hugging 
) done at a strenuous/moderate/easy pace.
Buttonhook
Footballguy
I'm not sure there's a study that quantifies calorie loss while lifting weights, like most workouts it totally depends on how hard you work out.
Trainer at the gym stated the average person burns 300-600 calories, if they lift weights hard for an hour, with the potential for another 100-200 calorie burn during recovery.
sbonomo
Footballguy
I typically do two major muscle groups (biceps/chest, back/shoulders and legs/tri's) so that there is no down time and I am able to get a full workout in three days which is more realistic for my schedule. Typically work out pretty hard (sweat and heavy breathe during sets). So proabably 300-500 seems reasonable. That is only 2-3 beers though uhhhh. I think I get the problem here.
EYLive
Footballguy
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
Methamphetamines is what you are looking for
sbonomo
Footballguy
Please report backIf I post this quote on facebook, I might lose a couple "friends"...
NutterButter
Footballguy
fat friends will just weigh you downIf I post this quote on facebook, I might lose a couple "friends"...
Borden
Footballguy
Fastest way to lose weight is no carbs and no sugars. You'll shed a lot of weight that way. It will also make it pretty easy to not go crazy on calories. One thing to watch out is fruit. Fruit has a surprisingly high amount of sugar. Basically just meat and vegetables for you.
As far as activities to lose weigh, lifting weights will help more than cardio. As @Buttonhook mentioned you continue to burn calories as your body repairs itself. Try to keep your workouts relatively short which will help keep your heart rate up. If you don't have access to weighs, push ups with hill sprints intervals will be helpful.
As far as activities to lose weigh, lifting weights will help more than cardio. As @Buttonhook mentioned you continue to burn calories as your body repairs itself. Try to keep your workouts relatively short which will help keep your heart rate up. If you don't have access to weighs, push ups with hill sprints intervals will be helpful.
MaxThreshold
Footballguy
Who wants a 6-pack when you can have a half barrel?Pipes said:
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Cant believe it took so long for this post. No culdeus yet. Geez. You guys are slipping. No almonds for you.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
abbottjamesr
Footballguy
Came here to post this minus the fruit thing.
I don't get the hate for fruit... sure it has some sugars, but I don't know any who got fat eating apples. Its the pizza, beer, and cheetos that get ya.
Borden
Footballguy
According to Google a medium apple (3" diameter) has 19 grams of sugar. A Snickers bar is 22g. Obviously, not the same from a nutrition point of view but for just weight loss you can run into trouble with fruit.
Edit: That's an full apple vs a full Snickers bar both as a whole. Not a per gram comparison. In gram for gram a Snickers has WAY more sugar.
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abbottjamesr
Footballguy
I totally get why folks say you should avoid fruit from looking at the macros. I stay on a low carb diet most of the time (I cycle in some carbs on lifting days). But the occasional banana or apple isn't whats making people fat and is infinitely more healthy than a Snickers bar.
I would also add that intermittent fasting has been very successful for my gf and I. It is a pretty easy life style change. It doesn't require counting calories and paired with some moderate exercise 3-4 times per week (I like lifting, GF prefers cardio) the results are pretty great. We try to limit white carbs like sugar, pasta, rice but aren't supper strict about it.
massraider
Footballguy
This.wikkidpissah said:
And sugar. Take sugar and bad carbs out.
Borden
Footballguy
Agreed. The girlfriend and I are pretty much doing the same. More strict on the carbs though. My main problem is that I go overboard with things. So one apple today turns into a plate of apple slices (with peanut butter) by the weekend.
The other thing for me is I prefer a "Yes or No" approach. I hate always having to watch exactly what I'm eating. Half a banana, 4 blueberries and things like that.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
I've never really watched my weight before but still feel compelled to give advice on the topic. What is most important is to figure out some combo of exercise and diet that you can stick with. It doesn't matter if it's lifting weights, cardio, food restrictions or whatever. There are a lot of strategies that can be successful, you just have find what you can tolerate.
Pipes
Footballguy
While it's not the best method for weight loss this is false. It may be overrated but not terrible. Sitting on your fat ### all day is terrible for weight loss. Getting out and jogging, biking, whatever is not.
Are you looking to lose weight or lose fat?
If the former, its simple - don't eat, cut off a leg, exercise more, etc.
If it's the latter, toss the scale, clean up the diet (get rid of the sugar and sodas and Starbucks Frappuccinos), do a combination of resistance and cardio training and judge success by the mirror and how clothes fit and not a number on the scale.
If the former, its simple - don't eat, cut off a leg, exercise more, etc.
If it's the latter, toss the scale, clean up the diet (get rid of the sugar and sodas and Starbucks Frappuccinos), do a combination of resistance and cardio training and judge success by the mirror and how clothes fit and not a number on the scale.
