can you lose weight by just cardio and diet, or is weight lifting also a must?

Answer 1

Weight lifting is not a must. But it is good for all-round fitness, uses calories while you are doing it, and having greater muscle mass increases your metabolism - which helps with weight loss.

Answer 2

Yes you can, however adding muscle will not only make it faster and easier to lose the weight, it will also keep it off.
Think of the body as a furnace, muscle tissue is the fire, and food and body fat is the fuel.
If you increase muscle tissue, you will increase the size of the fire and use up more fuel at a faster rate. (24 hours a day, even sleeping)
If you don't have access to weights, then use your own bodyweight for now, you can do squats, bent deads, stiff deads, calf raises pushups and crunches etc, be inventive.
You can get a 55 pound set of weights at Wall Mart for $20, to get you started, I've even seen weight benches there for $60-70.
Try it you might enjoy the weights more than cardio, if you don't, then just do 2 sessions a week, thats better than nothing.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

Actually you can be thin without lifting or cadio just with diet, Also just lifting alone can make you thin or just cardio. It is like this. You need dollar in change. It could be all quarters but it could be all dimes or could be a mix-- see site for more.

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Answer 4

It isn't necessarily a must, however it will dramatically increase weight loss. As you begin to gain muscle your metabolism with increase and you will be able to burn calories and fat more effectively than if you did not have much muscle mass. I do all three and it certainly is worth while to include weight lifting. Good luck! Find ask a personal trainer at your local gym for tips on exercises and routines.

Answer 5

Cardio and diet is a great idea 2 lose weight by itself.. But weight lifting and working out overall should give you muscle and help you drop w\e you are wanting to lose faster if you do it right.

I hope i helped.

Answer 6

yes you can certainly loose weight with out weight lifting and depending on the kind of cardio you do it wont matter. for instance jumping kacks is a cardio work out and also builds muscle on your legs. A rule of thumb if your muscle hurt afterwards a "muscle" workout was included. The on lt reason you need to do any kind of ucsle work out is to keep muscle mass so that our body fat % is healthy. 22% is considered healthy you can find out what yours is at healthcentral.com

Answer 7

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*1) Burn more calories then you're consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity minus the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). A website that explains this formula in more detail and will help you determine how many calories you need to reach or maintain a certain weight is at http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/calsburned.htm

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Answer 8

thats the best way.
You dont need the weights.
Also resistance excercise like you can do in the water is better for toning muscels, less chance of injury then weight lifting.
If you do use weights go for like 2 or 5 lbs, more repition , that way youll not get bulky

Answer 9

Sure, you can lose weight that way. But adding weights will give you a better caloric burn overall.

Answer 10

No And Yes