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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Fitness fab gurus.

Is it possible to loose body fat soley by doing 3 or four resistance sessions a week?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Fitness fab gurus.

Is it possible to loose body fat soley by doing 3 or four resistance sessions a week? "

Dont know anything about fitness but I'd imagine as long as you burn more calories than you consume you should.

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By *aid backMan
over a year ago

by a lake with my rod out


"Fitness fab gurus.

Is it possible to loose body fat soley by doing 3 or four resistance sessions a week?

Dont know anything about fitness but I'd imagine as long as you burn more calories than you consume you should."

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By *illow1972Man
over a year ago

Naas

Depends what resistance training you're doing. If its weights then do high reps with lighter weights. Lower reps with heavy weights just adds muscle.

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By *o pants partyCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

I might be stating the obvious here but you'd need to eat well too... working out on its own isn't enough to do the job.

Best of luck

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By *illow1972Man
over a year ago

Naas

Yip, 70% nutrition, 30% training. One without the other is no good.

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By *alwayboyMan
over a year ago

Galway

Have mix cardio in with it and you'll definatley see results high intensity cardio works best for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Of late I do zero cardio and when I have time I do maybe 4 solid weight sessions with as little time between sets as I can cope with. If you go hard enough it's as good as cardio but my diet is pretty good and I don't drink much. If you wanted to see the work out I'm doing just shout. I'm no expert either but I've done everything going from kick boxing get to darts and yes darts is a sport

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A good tip if you have the capabilities is to go for a walk first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach, walk at a steady pace for about 30/40 mins and keep your heart rate around 120......body builders do this when they are cutting as it targets excess body fat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Of late I do zero cardio and when I have time I do maybe 4 solid weight sessions with as little time between sets as I can cope with. If you go hard enough it's as good as cardio but my diet is pretty good and I don't drink much. If you wanted to see the work out I'm doing just shout. I'm no expert either but I've done everything going from kick boxing get to darts and yes darts is a sport "

I agree with sandra here. A strenuous weight training workout with little or no recovery between stations will give u maximum results. Vary the machines to balance the muscles,ie exercise biceps and triceps alternate etc,eat clean,and drink plenty of water,not lucozade or sports drinks or any other carbonated drinks,good old fashioned water,sugar is the enemy of anyone trying to cut weight. Its a pure poison and its sneaked into so many 'healthy'foods and drinks that people arent aware of.

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By *ony_cluedoMan
over a year ago

Belfast

I lift heavy weights. I only deadlift, bench and squat. They are compound exercises that exercise all your body. Bicep curls and triceps extensions are for body builders. A good program to start on is 5x5 stronglifts. 3 times a week. It will get you strong quickly. You'll max it out at some point in a couple of years and you can do some more advanced stuff then.

Bigger muscles burn more calories.

Good form is everything. You can get away with it at lower weights but once you go heavier you'll give yourself bother with bad form. YouTube is your friend.

Kettlebells are also great but form is even more important with them.

For cardio I cycle everywhere.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lot of variations to what you can do but what is your goal. If it's to bulk then you need to do strength/power lifting. If you want to be toned/leaner and stay limber for sports ie kickboxing then mix it up and work each muscle group in rotation. It's not as complicated as it sounds if you know what your goal is. Plenty here will point you in the right direction

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Fitness fab gurus.

Is it possible to loose body fat soley by doing 3 or four resistance sessions a week? "

Absaloutely !! Plus the muscle mass you will gain will increase your daily metabolism allowing you to eat more daily while still maintaining your weight.! Id reccomend strength training focus on improving your numbers on the main lifts such as bench squat dealift chin ups and rows.

Throw in some.cardio too for a will rounded fitness plan. Cardio being walking, running biking, boxing rugby even circuit style training using weights if you really love them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Fitness fab gurus.

Is it possible to loose body fat soley by doing 3 or four resistance sessions a week? "

Sorry I should have noted. You can loose body fat by sitting on your ass all day as long as your eating roughly 300-500 calories under what your body requires daily. Diet is key.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Fitness fab gurus.

Is it possible to loose body fat soley by doing 3 or four resistance sessions a week?

Sorry I should have noted. You can loose body fat by sitting on your ass all day as long as your eating roughly 300-500 calories under what your body requires daily. Diet is key."
that's where I'm going wrong!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Different exercises work for different people.....if you are doing weights and consuming the right amount of protein you can burn fat but muscle is heavier than fat so you might not notice it on the scales..

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By *ecretly seductiveWoman
over a year ago

Palookaville

I'm a free weights (love my dead lifts)and circuits girl. Just about to get back into gym bunny mode.... But I will be concentrating on trying to eat enough as I am recently diagnosed coeliac and just struggling to find stuff to eat that isn't wildly complicated. .. or Plain boring

I never really weighed myself before I tend to go by how my clothes fit and how I feel in myself. ... Looking forward to that sore but nice feeling

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you can get in four work outs a week and don't play with your phone you can blast through any kind of work out in an hour. The key is intensity. My local gym is pretty small but has lots of classes to mix things up. Kettle bells are murder but I would say try as many different things as you can. Plodding away at the same routine for months is a sure way to get bored. I wonder would it be worth posting workout routines here ??? Off to the gym now. TRX and kettle bell combo

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By *ean0001Man
over a year ago

Dublin West

Put less in your mouth and move around more .....

Simples !!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am going thru a health kick myself. Combination of clean eating and regular exercise. I'm down 15kgs from when I started. More recently the fat is coming off and and the muscle going on.

Once a month I go on a zero carb diet for 2 weeks. During this time I train every day and not only do you feel the difference but you look it.

Other advice I would give is to get yourself a personal trainer. Not matter how much you read up on it, you need someone knowledgeable to tell you specifically what to eat and not to eat, and equally importantly, what specific exercises to do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Put less in your mouth and move around more .....

Simples !!!!!

"

69 would work!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can lose weight eating nothing but Mc DOnalds its all about the calories. More calories in than out you gain weight, more calories out than in you gain weight. How healthy you are is affected by the food.

Weight training then is more like a signal turning on different functions in the body to put on muscle, gain strength etc but there has to be the right diet for these to be noticeable.

High reps, low reps, circuits its all nonsense you just have to improve and progress and then your body will too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No.

Muscle weighs more than fat, so you will add weight even if you tone up. I'm overweight for example.

I once gave advice to someone doing their RAF entrance exam. They were doing a lot of jogging and cardio and clean eating and a defecit diet. I told them to stop and do some weights and eat a bit more.

They seen the weight they were losing and rejected my advice. They told me they had an A level in PE and knew what they were doing (despite asking for advice).

They got refused entry into the RAF for being too light in the end.

The clean eating stuff is all a bit of a myth. Its been proven that eating brown rice instead of white rice for example has no impact on body composition. Its been proven that you can take in cakes and sugar if you want.

It's all about ratios of food, you have to take in enough protein to build and enough carbs to provide energy. Some people eat thousand calorie meals and tone up.

Diet can play a big role in how you feel, and if you are not really into exercise or a healthy life then it can help you cut some weight.

For example I eat cakes, drink fizzy drinks, eat chocolate, eat white rice, but when I exercise I exercise hard. Ill do weights to failure and cardio to failure. That means I cant lift something up after I do weights, and I can hardly walk down stairs after cycling. I take in enough protien so my muscles can grow.

However clean eating can motivate you, it can give sustained energy, it can help you lose weight.

Is losing weight your goal or is getting a nice body your goal?

My goal was getting fit.

Which reminds me, I should start back exercising soon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No.

Muscle weighs more than fat, so you will add weight even if you tone up. I'm overweight for example.

I once gave advice to someone doing their RAF entrance exam. They were doing a lot of jogging and cardio and clean eating and a defecit diet. I told them to stop and do some weights and eat a bit more.

They seen the weight they were losing and rejected my advice. They told me they had an A level in PE and knew what they were doing (despite asking for advice).

They got refused entry into the RAF for being too light in the end.

The clean eating stuff is all a bit of a myth. Its been proven that eating brown rice instead of white rice for example has no impact on body composition. Its been proven that you can take in cakes and sugar if you want.

It's all about ratios of food, you have to take in enough protein to build and enough carbs to provide energy. Some people eat thousand calorie meals and tone up.

Diet can play a big role in how you feel, and if you are not really into exercise or a healthy life then it can help you cut some weight.

For example I eat cakes, drink fizzy drinks, eat chocolate, eat white rice, but when I exercise I exercise hard. Ill do weights to failure and cardio to failure. That means I cant lift something up after I do weights, and I can hardly walk down stairs after cycling. I take in enough protien so my muscles can grow.

However clean eating can motivate you, it can give sustained energy, it can help you lose weight.

Is losing weight your goal or is getting a nice body your goal?

My goal was getting fit.

Which reminds me, I should start back exercising soon."

well said

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No.

Muscle weighs more than fat, so you will add weight even if you tone up. I'm overweight for example.

I once gave advice to someone doing their RAF entrance exam. They were doing a lot of jogging and cardio and clean eating and a defecit diet. I told them to stop and do some weights and eat a bit more.

They seen the weight they were losing and rejected my advice. They told me they had an A level in PE and knew what they were doing (despite asking for advice).

They got refused entry into the RAF for being too light in the end.

The clean eating stuff is all a bit of a myth. Its been proven that eating brown rice instead of white rice for example has no impact on body composition. Its been proven that you can take in cakes and sugar if you want.

It's all about ratios of food, you have to take in enough protein to build and enough carbs to provide energy. Some people eat thousand calorie meals and tone up.

Diet can play a big role in how you feel, and if you are not really into exercise or a healthy life then it can help you cut some weight.

For example I eat cakes, drink fizzy drinks, eat chocolate, eat white rice, but when I exercise I exercise hard. Ill do weights to failure and cardio to failure. That means I cant lift something up after I do weights, and I can hardly walk down stairs after cycling. I take in enough protien so my muscles can grow.

However clean eating can motivate you, it can give sustained energy, it can help you lose weight.

Is losing weight your goal or is getting a nice body your goal?

My goal was getting fit.

Which reminds me, I should start back

exercising soon."

Your really close but exercising to failure constantly means your body won't adapt efficiently, that's why all training is based on progressive overload you want to gradually and

steadily increase your ability to do work. a very simple example would be a powerlifting routine where you routinely add weight. Constant maximum effort does not result in this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm a free weights (love my dead lifts)and circuits girl. Just about to get back into gym bunny mode.... But I will be concentrating on trying to eat enough as I am recently diagnosed coeliac and just struggling to find stuff to eat that isn't wildly complicated. .. or Plain boring

I never really weighed myself before I tend to go by how my clothes fit and how I feel in myself. ... Looking forward to that sore but nice feeling

"

Quinoa is a great, can make a big batch of it with tomatoes and some spices keep it in the fridge and then heat it up for meals. Then just add some chicken beef whatever you like.

Gluten free bagels with cream cheese and bacon.

Gluten free pita breads make a great base for home made pizzas.

Its not so hard if you get inventive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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Your really close but exercising to failure constantly means your body won't adapt efficiently, that's why all training is based on progressive overload you want to gradually and

steadily increase your ability to do work. a very simple example would be a powerlifting routine where you routinely add weight. Constant maximum effort does not result in this."

I didnt say constant maximum effort, although reading back I do imply it which was not my intention. I actually go up and down in effort during my exercise with the end result me being exhausted and unable to lift any more.

I do ladder weights, I start with a weight I can do 12 reps, do a set comfortable, increase the weight to a weight I can do 9 or 10, increase the weight again to a weight I can do 5 or 6, increase it again to maximum. Rinse and repeat through several weight lifting exercises.

On the bike the resistance shoots up to maximum as I sprint for 15 seconds, every 1 min 45 or so after a 5 min warm up. With the end result me being exhauseted.

When I do body weight exercises I go up and down a ladder. I do one pressup, pause, two pressups, pause, three pressups, pause, four pressups pause, five pressups pause. When I reach a number where 1 more is not possible, I go down the lader, 10, 9, 8.

Im a great believer in pushing yourself, doing exercise this way I can always aim for one more. One more step on the ladder, one more rep on the max weight, one more kg to my starting weight lifts, one more kg to my max. One more.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That's how Charlie Bronson trained and it sure worked for him.

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By *o pants partyCouple
over a year ago

Dublin


"I lift heavy weights. I only deadlift, bench and squat. They are compound exercises that exercise all your body. Bicep curls and triceps extensions are for body builders. A good program to start on is 5x5 stronglifts. 3 times a week. It will get you strong quickly. You'll max it out at some point in a couple of years and you can do some more advanced stuff then.

Bigger muscles burn more calories.

Good form is everything. You can get away with it at lower weights but once you go heavier you'll give yourself bother with bad form. YouTube is your friend.

Kettlebells are also great but form is even more important with them.

For cardio I cycle everywhere. "

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By *o pants partyCouple
over a year ago

Dublin


"No.

Muscle weighs more than fat, so you will add weight even if you tone up. I'm overweight for example.

I once gave advice to someone doing their RAF entrance exam. They were doing a lot of jogging and cardio and clean eating and a defecit diet. I told them to stop and do some weights and eat a bit more.

They seen the weight they were losing and rejected my advice. They told me they had an A level in PE and knew what they were doing (despite asking for advice).

They got refused entry into the RAF for being too light in the end.

The clean eating stuff is all a bit of a myth. Its been proven that eating brown rice instead of white rice for example has no impact on body composition. Its been proven that you can take in cakes and sugar if you want.

It's all about ratios of food, you have to take in enough protein to build and enough carbs to provide energy. Some people eat thousand calorie meals and tone up.

Diet can play a big role in how you feel, and if you are not really into exercise or a healthy life then it can help you cut some weight.

For example I eat cakes, drink fizzy drinks, eat chocolate, eat white rice, but when I exercise I exercise hard. Ill do weights to failure and cardio to failure. That means I cant lift something up after I do weights, and I can hardly walk down stairs after cycling. I take in enough protien so my muscles can grow.

However clean eating can motivate you, it can give sustained energy, it can help you lose weight.

Is losing weight your goal or is getting a nice body your goal?

My goal was getting fit.

Which reminds me, I should start back exercising soon."

You can't out train a bad diet. ... FACT

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No.

Muscle weighs more than fat, so you will add weight even if you tone up. I'm overweight for example.

I once gave advice to someone doing their RAF entrance exam. They were doing a lot of jogging and cardio and clean eating and a defecit diet. I told them to stop and do some weights and eat a bit more.

They seen the weight they were losing and rejected my advice. They told me they had an A level in PE and knew what they were doing (despite asking for advice).

They got refused entry into the RAF for being too light in the end.

The clean eating stuff is all a bit of a myth. Its been proven that eating brown rice instead of white rice for example has no impact on body composition. Its been proven that you can take in cakes and sugar if you want.

It's all about ratios of food, you have to take in enough protein to build and enough carbs to provide energy. Some people eat thousand calorie meals and tone up.

Diet can play a big role in how you feel, and if you are not really into exercise or a healthy life then it can help you cut some weight.

For example I eat cakes, drink fizzy drinks, eat chocolate, eat white rice, but when I exercise I exercise hard. Ill do weights to failure and cardio to failure. That means I cant lift something up after I do weights, and I can hardly walk down stairs after cycling. I take in enough protien so my muscles can grow.

However clean eating can motivate you, it can give sustained energy, it can help you lose weight.

Is losing weight your goal or is getting a nice body your goal?

My goal was getting fit.

Which reminds me, I should start back exercising soon.

You can't out train a bad diet. ... FACT"

FACT !

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

Different strokes for different folks

what works for me is bodyopus diet,zero carb Monday to Friday night and carb load Fri night to sun night,burns fat and allows to build muscle

exercise half your body Monday,next half Tuesday,this depletes glyserin in your muscles and you in ketosis by wed..thursday and Fri you repeat same exercises and your burning fat.then the carb loading starts Fri night and your muscles literally swell up over weekend.and you feel great

not for faint hearted

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By *ecretly seductiveWoman
over a year ago

Palookaville


"I'm a free weights (love my dead lifts)and circuits girl. Just about to get back into gym bunny mode.... But I will be concentrating on trying to eat enough as I am recently diagnosed coeliac and just struggling to find stuff to eat that isn't wildly complicated. .. or Plain boring

I never really weighed myself before I tend to go by how my clothes fit and how I feel in myself. ... Looking forward to that sore but nice feeling

Quinoa is a great, can make a big batch of it with tomatoes and some spices keep it in the fridge and then heat it up for meals. Then just add some chicken beef whatever you like.

Gluten free bagels with cream cheese and bacon.

Gluten free pita breads make a great base for home made pizzas.

Its not so hard if you get inventive "

aww Thanks for the help. ... is still all gobbledygook to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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You can't out train a bad diet. ... FACT"

Is it? can you provide evidence?

The one meal a day diet proves scientifically you can out train a bad diet. All you need is to eat in the right proportions, and then it wont matter if your carbs come from white rice or brown rice or wherever.

FACT

cleaning up the diet has a lot of benefits. It helps your mentality, helps your mood, your focus, your energy levels, but body composition? not so much as people claim.

What the body of an athlete? 90% work, 10% diet. Work, work, work work.

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

Haaaa

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