Vikesman84

Hey well im trying to loose weight and then gain muscle but I want to probably focus on weight loss first and I was just whondering what are some of the excersizing and training people use here to cut their weight down..Thanks

sgtneo

best thing to loose weight is to do alot of cardio but dont drop the amount of food your eating as not good for health and will make it take longer to loose weight

Neo

Duncans Donuts

I disagree...steady state low intensity aerobics won't accelerate fat loss (diet is the best way to stimulate this), it will accelerate muscle loss. Keep your so called cardiovascular exercise intense and short in duration, 2-3 times a week

"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

sgtneo

when i was running a mile a day i was loosing weight and gaining muscle mass on my legs

seemed to do me good only takes 8-9 mins to run a mile

Neo

Vikesman84

well is lifting weights and running on the tread mills at the gym and stuff loose fat and is it possible to turn it all into muscle or do i need to drop the weight first.

Curlingcadys

drop weight you're not going to turn pudge into mass.

Tough Old Man

Well I dropped 40 lbs since oct. I lost a lot of my muscle mass but gained an inch in my thighs from doing cardio 5 days a week. I dropped my cal's from a bulk of 6k to 1800 cal's a day. I'm not crazy about the lost in muscle but then again I'm happy with the lower bodyfat. I can always put the muscle back on.

So to answere you ? Diet and get your B/F where you want it then put the muscle on.

SGTNOE: I don't understand your statement that dropping the cal's will make it take longer to lose weight. How did you come up w/ that one. If you kept your cal's at a maintence level and did cardio you would still lose.

Vikesman84

alright so running is mostly what i should do? I dont get what you mean dieting less eating or more eating of better choices of food and cardio im not to familiar with.Is it ok to be weight lifting when im trying to cut pounds.I know I have alot of questions and thanks for all the replies

Curlingcadys

IN other words don't take the route some "uninformed" do and drop to just eating like 1 meal a day cause you think you'll lose weight faster. BECAUSE YOU WONT. You got to continue eating just eat healthier, and dont wait till your starving to eat & ofcourse CARDIO!

Cold Iron

1800 is way too low for you and I believe that was probably the main reason you lost so much muscle. You were what? 260?

Vikesman84

Do you know some good cardio exersizes I could use that are effective? Also should I be lifting weights or should I wait? Good looks to everyone on the replies

Duncans Donuts

Intense "CARDIO" is key to not losing muscle mass.

"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

Vikesman84

Do you know some good cardio exersizes I could use that are effective? Also should I be lifting weights or should I wait? Good looks to everyone on the replies

Curlingcadys

this is why that pesky search button can be usefull... Click Here (Most effective cardio)

you can lift weights also high volume though.