I am trying to lose weight. I have been weigth lifting 2 days a weeks, about 30-45 miuntes each and walking on the treadmill 2 days a week, 20 minutes each.. Should I drop the lifting and pick up more cardio? Will this make me lose weight faster?
2007-02-03 07:19:00 · 14 answers · asked by lizabethsanders 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Cardio is better. Weight lifting is mostly for toning your body down. If you wish to lose weight you are better with cardio because for one, it helps your heart and it will make it stronger and healthier. Cardio is designed to push your body and when you are pysically active in a rigorous sort of way, you tend to sweat and when you sweat you burn calories, causing weight loss. Cardio will help your body burn more fat and strengthen up more muscles.
2007-02-03 07:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not an either or thing. The whole point is you do both. Weight lifting will technically not actually help you lose weight. It will build muscle, which will use a lot of energy to maintain itself, making you lose fat. You will be a lot slimmer, but may weigh more (as muscle is denser than fat). Cardio is also very good for burning calories, which obviously helps with weight loss. I'd try alternating interval training days with steady speed days. Interval training is simple and easy. I've always had good results from sprinting roughly 50 m ( the distance between 3 lampposts where I live), then walking 50m, then sprinting 50m again etc, keeping this up for 2 km or so. Hope this helps
2016-03-29 03:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cardio for 30 min, 3-4 times per week plus lifting in between...
2007-02-03 07:26:00 · answer #3 · answered by Ray R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep the weights, they are great for strength and toning up. You might find that adding more cardio will quicken your results, extend your session to at least 30 minutes and maybe try to do 4 instead of 2, and then build up from there Good Luck!
2007-02-03 07:23:07 · answer #4 · answered by sydneygal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are trying to lose weight you should do more cardio. You shouldn't drop the lifting but you will gain weight from lifting
2007-02-03 07:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
alot of Cardio will hElp you lose weight safer and better
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3 hours with breaks will help you 3 days an week or 5 days in an row ok...
2007-02-03 07:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by benji777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In weights, you should alternate. Light weights and many reps- tones muscle, and is "cardio". Heavy weights,and few reps, builds mass. To loose weight, eat more good food, and less junk. You can work yourself to exhaustion and not burn enough calories to break even if you eat a lot of bad food.
2007-02-03 07:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight lifting gives you muscle Cardio lets u lose weight faster
2007-02-03 07:22:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I saw on TV where they said if you combine weights and cardio you will get the best results fastest.
Hold hand weights and put on ankle weights when on the treadmill. You might gain weight by muscle mass, but you will see the difference in your toning.
2007-02-03 07:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by justweird_sodeal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walk in the morning and eat breakfast within an hour of waking
2015-05-03 04:52:11 · answer #10 · answered by Kay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋