Is an hour of weight training in the gym every other day enough?

Question

enough to lose this extra 10 lbs, or at least tone up by the end of december or beggining of january? I am 18, 118 lbs, 5'4

I am also dieting, cutting out all sugar and junk food and snacks

Answer 1

You wouldn't want to go every day with weight training--more risk of injury that way. What you describe sounds fine as far as the weight training goes. Just make sure you get some aerobic activity in, too, even if it's just a thirty minute walk on most of the days you're not pumping iron.

When it comes to your diet, it's not so much what you eat but the combination and the balance. It's been said that there's no such thing as junk food, just junk diets. If you concentrate on cutting certain pieces out of your diet, you'll feel deprived and that might cause you to binge. Focus instead on the effort (and in our day, it really is an effort) of getting healthy things into your diet.

If you are eating leafy green vegetables, fresh fruit, and whole grains all the time, you won't feel hungry, you'll feel healthy. If you've just eaten a big salad with chicken or cheese for protein, a whole wheat roll, and a pear, it's OK to eat a little bit of rich dessert. A) You won't go crazy and eat a whole bag of cookies. B) The other nutrients will kick in before your sugar high is over and the sugar crash has begun, so you won't want to turn around and eat again.

Balance your proteins and carbohydrates, choose whole grains over highly processed carbos, eat your vegetables (go easy on any form of potato, though--very dense calories), eat your fruit, drink plenty of water, and you'll be fine.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Weight training every other day is the smartest way to do it. The reason weight training tones and builds muscle is because the resistance breaks down the muscle cells. The day of rest in between is when they recover and grow into a stronger piece of tissue, and this is what gives the greater definition and toned look.

An hour seems kind of long unless you're doing slow reps. I have a bowflex and the recommended circuit training should only take about 40 minutes to do upper and lower body.

Congrats on your discipline. And the other folks here are right... (except 600 calories a day is NOT enough). You don't really need to lose the 10 lbs., because your weight is where it should be. You just want to re-shape those spot areas where you think you need to tone up.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Well, first of all let me say by the dimentions youre giving me it doesnt sound like you need to lose weight, maybe all you need to do is tone up. Weight training will help you out a lot and every other day is perfect that way you give your body a chance to rest without exhausting it.

Answer 5

yes it is. your diet is very important. to lose weight cut out the carbs (rice, potatoes ect) and ofcourse fatty foods (foods we like)...

at the gym, if your doing weights to tone up, everyother day is fine as long as the weights arent heavy. If they are you will be gaining muscle mass. So to lose weight, and tone up what your doing is fine :)

But equally, dont neglect the diet. Cutting carbs WILL reduce any excess! Thats what ive been doing and it works.

Answer 6

You don't even need to lose weight! Weight training is fine, but don't believe you need to be too skinny. Being too skinny is as bad (if not worse) for you as being overweight (not that you sound overweight to begin with).

Answer 7

yes, but defnitely consider doing some jogging or running, that will be a HUGE help to speeding up the process

Answer 8

Yes...
Limit your daily caloric intake to about 600 calories...

Answer 9

that will work fine