Hi,I would like to know if combining free weight with cardio training helps with!
Question: It absolutely does. I know. I lost 48lbs 14 months ago. I have manged to maintain my weight with ease. I joined a gym. Attended 4/5 times a week for a hour at a time (and still do).
But you have to remember if you hope to lose weight by exercise, you will only drop pounds if you burn more calories than you consume. To lose a pound you have to burn through exercise or life functions about 3,500 calories. So you will need to combine exercise along with a healthy diet.
Try to keep junk foods, ready made processed meals, alcohol, and takeaway meals to an absolute minimum. These are high in refined sugar and high in saturated fat. They add pounds to the waistline.
Try to include more whole foods into your diet. Such as brown bread, brown rice, brown pasta, beans & pulses. These are high in fibre and will keep you feeling fuller for longer.
Good luck.
Answers: It absolutely does. I know. I lost 48lbs 14 months ago. I have manged to maintain my weight with ease. I joined a gym. Attended 4/5 times a week for a hour at a time (and still do).
But you have to remember if you hope to lose weight by exercise, you will only drop pounds if you burn more calories than you consume. To lose a pound you have to burn through exercise or life functions about 3,500 calories. So you will need to combine exercise along with a healthy diet.
Try to keep junk foods, ready made processed meals, alcohol, and takeaway meals to an absolute minimum. These are high in refined sugar and high in saturated fat. They add pounds to the waistline.
Try to include more whole foods into your diet. Such as brown bread, brown rice, brown pasta, beans & pulses. These are high in fibre and will keep you feeling fuller for longer.
Good luck.
It does but it's a slow process as you're toning up.
yes, but some fat weight loss may be offset by muscle gain. You'll still be slimmer and healthier.
You have to add in proper eating habits to that equation. the weight lifting and cardio allows your body to burn the proper calories you intake per day. you have to burn more calories than you intake per day. but you have to eat right. fatty, fried, junk foods all contribute to making you fat. not to mention alcohol and sweets, and soda.
Cardio training 4-5 days weekly for at least 30 minutes combined with free weight workouts will definitely help you lose weight. But, you also have to remember you are building muscle so you may find you are losing inches before you truly lose weight. My suggestion is that as you do your free weight workouts, you should do a low number of sets with a high number of reps at a lower weight and only give yourself 30-60 seconds rest between each set. This will give you a type of cardio workout as well and help build lean muscle and tighten your body up even more!
It takes time but this is the best way to lose weight. It tones you up and makes sure that you work off and extra skin that you have accumulated in order to cover the extra fat.
Yes, a very good idea. Cardio training Burns lots of calories, but stops burning calories when you stop exercising. Weights don't burn as many calories while exercising, but you continue to burn calories, while your body repairs itself. (in some cases, up to 72 hours)
As Ray said, how much food you're eating is very important. Watching what you eat is the most effective thing for losing weight, followed by weight training, then, down the bottom, is cardio.
Your body needs a certain amount of fuel (food) each day to stay alive and do any exercise/activities that you're involved in. If you eat slightly less than this amount then your body will burn fat to make up the difference. If you eat way less than this amount, you'll go into starvation mode and won't lose anything.
Figure out how many calories you need to eat each day to lose weight, how many extra calories you burn through exercise, and how many calories are in the foods you eat. You can do all of that here:
http://caloriecount.about.com
Good luck!