Can you lose weight from just 'weight lifting' alone? for an hour a day?

Question

I'm fed up with running (jogging)

Answer 1

You may be looking at this the wrong way. Don't think of it as losing weight, think of it as overall body improvement. As a lot of folks here have said: muscle weighs more than fat. So if you had a gallon of muscle and a gallon of fat, the muscle would weigh more even though they take up the same amount of space. Gross, I know.

An increase in muscle is also going to help you lose weight by increasing your metabolism.

However... lifting weights can be bad for you as well. Most weightlifting programs tend to isolate muscle groups, and that doesn't allow for the development of smaller stabilizer muscles. Those stabilizer muscles are the ones that connect the large muscle groups and cause them to work together. Isolating muscles will actually increase your risk of injury.

I'd suggest a plan that uses whole-body exercises such as a bodyweight exercise plan. Lots of pushups, free squats, and similar exercises will work your whole body at once. In addition, exercises like this that work your whole body together and get your out of breath quickly are the best ones for naturally developing Human Growth Hormone, which is the hormone that keeps you younger.

You don't need weights to get in shape - in fact weights can be detrimental to true fitness.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Sure. Weight lifting is even better in some way for losing weight because resistance exercise( lifting weights) really boost the metabolism. And it stay elevated several hours after you leave the gym. So your body is burning calories at a higher rate than normal after each work out. Now...you are building muscle..and muscle is heavier than fat. So you may not see it on the scales. That really depends on the type of lifting you do. 3 set 10 to 15 reps will help you tone up, but not build bulk. 3 to 4 sets 4 to 6 reps will build bulk and increase your weight. But no worries. Muscle is heavier, but also healthier. It is efficient. So forget the scales and enjoy the mirror.

Answer 4

Yes you can but technically you are toning your body and trimming down. Although you might not see it on the scales, if anything you might see an increase, because muscle is 4x heavier than fat, you will notice certain areas of your body become leaner.

BUT you cannot go by scales alone, you will need to keep a check of your measurements around your chest, waist, hips, arms, thighs etc.

You must also not "weight train" everyday. This is because you are ripping the muscles as you train, and as you eat protein (which you should do within the first hour after training), the ripping is becoming fixed and becoming stronger.

You will also need to give a body a day of rest in between - perhaps use these as your cardio days.

Diet can help lose weight as well e.g. using the protein : carbohydrate ratio of 1 part protein to 2 parts carbs as the carbs transport the protein to its rip destination. Without carbs, the protein will take longer to work on your muscles.

Answer 5

You will lose weight, but it will be slower than if you add some cardio into the mix. Just adding more muscle will increase you calorie needs, so that's where the loss will come from, not necessarily the lifting itself.

To add some easy cardio to your lifting routine, at the end of your sets, drop your weight to something that would normally be right where you start feeling resistance towards the end of a set. Use that weight and do fast reps up to about 40 or until you can't do any more.

Answer 6

The rule is plain and simple, input and output balance. If output is more than input u wud loose, not otherwise.

Eat nourishing food with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables being part of it. Chew each morsel at least 32 times. This will activate signal to the brain as soon as u have had enough. Further eat only when hungry. Besides this change in eating style, take regular light exercises and brisk walks every day. U will be able to gain/shed all extra weight gracefully and in a reasonable time span. No food or drink in between the food and not more than three meals a day, unless u r diabetic.

Answer 7

Muscle does indeed weigh more than fat, however, muscle also burns more calories than fat and raises your metabolism. The answer to your question is definite yes. You can lose weight from weight lifting alone. If you really want to speed up the process, make at least some of your workout, aerobic by doing some high intensity interval training (HIIT).

Answer 8

Unfortunately, without and sort of cardio vascular workout, weight loss will not occur. weight lifting alone will not only increase your weight (muscle weighs more than fat) but will increase your size as well as the muscle builds ub under the fat tissue. If you're tired of running, then find another cardio work out. Swimming is good, so is aerobics and martial arts. You could also try alternating them with the running. Sort of mix it up to keep from getting into too much in a rut.

Answer 9

weight lifting acttualy gains muscle.

toning helps lose weight.

instead of lifing something heavy a few times, life somthing light a bunch of times.

like sculpting. lifting somthing thats about 12 pounds 20-30 in the correct exercise helps tone & burn fat.

go to a local gym & join a class or look up sculpting moves online, you can do them right at home!

Answer 10

I don't think you will necessarily loose weight, I think you will end up building more muscle which will make you look more toned and unfortunately bigger but healthier. I really don't think it will make you look skinnier. If you maybe look up on the internet exercises other that jogging to loose weight, you should be able to find something. Good luck!