If your goal is fat loss, should you lift weights as heavy as you would if you were trying to gain muscle?
What Im trying to say is, that if your goal is only fat loss, aside from doing lots of cardio, should you lift weights with the same intensity you would as if your goal was building muscle? Or should you go for less weight/more reps?
Cardio burns excess stored fat. Do cardio first then lift.
This keeps the heart rate elevated for a longer period of time.
Try reps of 12-8-4 adding 10 or 20 pounds between sets.
Do one exercise rep then an opposing exercise.
Something like bench press using the pectorals then rows using the back muscles.
Switch them back and forth only taking the time to change the weights or pins.
You should really be getting tired at this point. Now you are seriously burning some calories.
Switch muscle groups and do upper body one day and lower body and core the next. Cardio everyday.
One day of total rest with maybe a brisk walk, ride, or run to stretch out.
Good luck.
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Less weight, more reps
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You should do circuit training . It keeps your heart rate up and it will give you more defined muscle.
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Cardio burns excess stored fat. Do cardio first then lift.
This keeps the heart rate elevated for a longer period of time.
Try reps of 12-8-4 adding 10 or 20 pounds between sets.
Do one exercise rep then an opposing exercise.
Something like bench press using the pectorals then rows using the back muscles.
Switch them back and forth only taking the time to change the weights or pins.
You should really be getting tired at this point. Now you are seriously burning some calories.
Switch muscle groups and do upper body one day and lower body and core the next. Cardio everyday.
One day of total rest with maybe a brisk walk, ride, or run to stretch out.
Good luck.
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