Reply With QuoteWell, I do agree with you....but the theory behind it is "aerobic" vs. "anaerobic" exercise. Weight lifting is said to be the latter.
Aerobic exercise being a state of increased cardiovascular activity, that is sustained for at least 15 - 20 minutes or longer. Using a large muscle group, rhythmically, while maintaining 60-80% of your maximum heart rate
Who said you can't burn fat lifting weights!
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- 01-18-2001, 08:57 AM #1I'm Dead Sexxxxy!! ELITE MEMBER
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Who said you can't burn fat lifting weights!
Got one of those pulse rate watches and thought I'd bring it to the gym for my weight workout, it was leg day.
On each lift, my pulse went up to 135-160BPM on all lifts. Calves were lower but Squats and Leg press were the highest, anywhere form 145 to 165. My pulse went back down to 90-100BPM between sets.
So this leads me to beleive that you can in fact burn fat while lifting. On leg day anyway.
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- 01-18-2001, 11:55 AM #3I'm Dead Sexxxxy!! ELITE MEMBER
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Hehe, you got me there Prince.
Oh well, I tried to get out of cardio.
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I hear that, I'm not to hip on cardio either!
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Hey...squatting can do wonders for cardio..If you can squat a certain amount for at the very least, 15 minutes non-stop. Good luck everyone!!
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Scotty , I think gym based cardio sucks in general.
Console yourself with the fact that by increasing your lean muscle mass and regularly stimulating thosee muscles with weight training you are burning fat!
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- 01-19-2001, 07:16 AM #7Bench_It!!Guest
If you go to musclemedia.com you can read an article by Shawn Phillips on HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). Scotty I think you're right to an extent. Appearantly, they've found that periods of going from high to low heart rate does help burn fat.
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