Thread: Question About Cardio

lift and cardio. make sure your diet is spot on and your progress will be great.

dont u guys just buy a big mac and a cone from mcdonalds once in a while? do u guys eat out at all?

Originally Posted by pumpthatiron

dont u guys just buy a big mac and a cone from mcdonalds once in a while? do u guys eat out at all?

Eating out is one thing, eating out at Mcdonalds or some other junk food establishment, I don't.

Just don't do lifting with heavy weights and low reps; that will build muscle. If you want to lose weight, get cut with lower weights and higher reps (not sure if I have your goals right, but if you don't want to add weight with muscle, don't do heavier weights).

Originally Posted by SPIKE1257

Eating out is one thing, eating out at Mcdonalds or some other junk food establishment, I don't.

Yeah, going to a decent resturant, you can get steak, chicken, and vegetables, or at least a salad if they have nothing else. Even if people around me vote for Wendy's, I can get a salad and baked potato, but sometimes I'll say screw it and get a cheeseburger, as long as it's the exception to the rule.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Just don't do lifting with heavy weights and low reps; that will build muscle. If you want to lose weight, get cut with lower weights and higher reps (not sure if I have your goals right, but if you don't want to add weight with muscle, don't do heavier weights).

Dude... no.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Just don't do lifting with heavy weights and low reps; that will build muscle. If you want to lose weight, get cut with lower weights and higher reps (not sure if I have your goals right, but if you don't want to add weight with muscle, don't do heavier weights).

Not at all. Muscles can do three things when training: get smaller, stay the same, or get bigger. You can't train cuts, that's a function of bodyfat.

Well what I meant was to train for endurance rather than size; it is true that if you do heavier weights with lower reps you will build muscle. If you do lower weights with higher reps, you'll burn calories more than you'll build muscle (for example, running can be considered low - aka zero - weight with high reps - hundreds of steps - and won't build much muscle, but it'll increase endurance). I'm not having a very easy time conveying my thoughts today...

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Well what I meant was to train for endurance rather than size; it is true that if you do heavier weights with lower reps you will build muscle. If you do lower weights with higher reps, you'll burn calories more than you'll build muscle (for example, running can be considered low - aka zero - weight with high reps - hundreds of steps - and won't build much muscle, but it'll increase endurance). I'm not having a very easy time conveying my thoughts today...

I am dieting for contest, 5 weeks out....I train low reps heavy weight. I am not gaining size at all!!