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weight training help
- Thread starter bige9797
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Sure I guess. It has less to do with the weight and more to do with your heart rate/metabolism. If you want to lift ligher weights to raise your heart rate, fine - of course you could also raise your heart rate with heavy weights too.
As far as which one will be better over the other for best possible weight loss... I dunno, maybe someone else can help you with that.
Also, I don't know much about your stats (age, weight, etc.) but I know for me I can't drop below 2000 cals a day.
As far as which one will be better over the other for best possible weight loss... I dunno, maybe someone else can help you with that.
Also, I don't know much about your stats (age, weight, etc.) but I know for me I can't drop below 2000 cals a day.
You'd be better off lifting with high sets (6-10) and low reps (1-4) at 85-100% of 1RM. 3 times a week of interval runs (HIIT) for 20-25 minutes and keep a food log. Write everything down for two weeks and you will get a figure on how many calories a day and week you consume. Then start subtracting 10% of those calories every two weeks (mostly from carbs) and see where you start losing weight.
For a more accurate fat loss calorie count, find out your bodyfat percentage and then you can plug it into a formula.
For a more accurate fat loss calorie count, find out your bodyfat percentage and then you can plug it into a formula.
Evo: I agree with the interval advice as well as the food log to track nutrtion.
However; if the goal is weight loss I would strongly urge bigE to do higher reps (10ish) of 5 or 6 large power movements that incorporate the most number of primary and secondary movers. The more muscles you fire in one lift the more calories you'll burn.
One step further would be to run these exercises in circuit format to really burn calories.
However; if the goal is weight loss I would strongly urge bigE to do higher reps (10ish) of 5 or 6 large power movements that incorporate the most number of primary and secondary movers. The more muscles you fire in one lift the more calories you'll burn.
One step further would be to run these exercises in circuit format to really burn calories.
I will agree with the circuit training for greater fat loss. My main concern is with strength losses when cutting up. I've seen it happen that quite a few individuals lose strength and more muscle on the higher reps than the lower reps at greater lifting percentages.
This is not to say that the higher reps are a bad idea, they just have to be monitored carefully.
This is not to say that the higher reps are a bad idea, they just have to be monitored carefully.