I am conflicted whether to perform more cardiovascular excercise (treadmills, ellipticals) or do a cross-train cardiovascular/weights session to lose weight in general? Most of the men’s magazines mention to do a weight routine, but alot of people have told me to stick to the treadmill. What are your thoughts?
Does a cardiovascular based workout work the best for weight loss?
Does a cardiovascular based workout work the best for weight loss?
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you should cross train because with the cardiovascular then you will get your heart rate up burning calories. but by building muscle mass using weights you will burn calories when you aren’t working out
Doing both is the most effective. Muscle burns more calories so it’s important to build muscle in addition to the cardio. If you’re dieting and exercising you could be burning muscle along with fat if you’re not working to build muscle tissue.
Definitely stick to the treadmill, elliptical and things like that for now. It helps to build your metabolism and endurance. First try to just walk(quick walk) for about 30 a day until you can do heavier workouts. (Longer and faster.) And then when you feel comfy like after about 3 weeks to a month you can start working on weight lifting WITH your cardio.
Hope I helped!
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I have been through it all and know what’s it about. The main thing is to stick in there. You can’t be an addict to food and never exercise if you want to live a healthy life and keep the weight off. I’ve worked out, done every diet, and all types of classes.
Nothing works, besides dedication and intelligence towards the subject of losing weight.
First, depending on how much weight you need to lose, your diet is the first concern. You can’t eat 10,000 calories a day and expect the weight to come off, even if you are exercising a lot. Which brings us to the next thing. Duh, Exercising…
This is a must especially if you need to a lot of weight. Get at least 30 mins of some good hardcore exercising. Do some cardio, in the long run, it’s good for the heart.
However, I find the most hardest part of losing weight/keeping it off, in my diet. It’s so hard to keep your fingers out of the cookie jar or those chocolate goodies. I’ve found a great addition to help any one out, it’s a natural weight loss supplement called Proactol. Now don’t get all crazy on me and say diet pills don’t work. That is true, but not in this case. This one isn’t meant to burn pounds while you sit on the couch. It’s an appetite suppressant, along with being a fat binder. I saved money on the pills at theweightlossplace.com along with getting some good info. It basically makes those fingers not go towards the cookie jar. For me it’s the best pill I’ve tried and I’ve tried cupboards full. Now this doesn’t mean you have to follow my foot steps but I’ve successfully lost roughly 70 pounds and keeping it off til this day.
Well good luck and remember what I said, Dedicate.