I have become a gym rat recently and almost immediately lost 8 pounds (from 246 to 236), but then I immediately gained a few pounds back and have been hovering at 241. The crazy part is no matter how much I workout weight stays almost constant at 241.
I alternate workout routine,
M-Upper Body
T-Aerobics
W-Lower Body
Th-Aerobics
F-Upper Body
S- Aerobics
I have just created a journal to track progress in the free weights section (so I don't have any numbers to give you). As far as aerobics, when I started running, I could barely run 1/3 of a miles without slowing down, now I stop running a 1.5 miles because I get bored.
Anyways, I'm not too worried about not loosing weight (yet) since I have been noticing an increase in muscle definition. But is it possible to consistently loose a pound of fat and increase a pound of muscle at the same time? Or do you know what else could be causing lack of weight loss? I have been watching food too, so I don't think it's a diet related issue.
fat loss and muscle gain at the same time
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- the body will adapt to anything you do to it (think crazy triathletes) so you need to change things up before this happens or you'll actually end up using less calories and if you haven't decreased calrie intake than your eating more than your using thus wt gain
- a better option would be to do 3 x full body workouts on mon, wed, fri...interval training on tuesday and outside sprints on sat with the other days off...you want quality (high intersity performed in frequently) over quantity (low intensity performed frequently)
- use free wts for all exercises if not already (get off machines!!!)
- you will build muscle initially but women do that for about 6 - 8 weeks than muscle gain stops and hopefully fat loss continues
- diet can always be improved through choices, portion control, timing or all 3
- maybe post a full training / diet plan so we can actually see
- a better option would be to do 3 x full body workouts on mon, wed, fri...interval training on tuesday and outside sprints on sat with the other days off...you want quality (high intersity performed in frequently) over quantity (low intensity performed frequently)
- use free wts for all exercises if not already (get off machines!!!)
- you will build muscle initially but women do that for about 6 - 8 weeks than muscle gain stops and hopefully fat loss continues
- diet can always be improved through choices, portion control, timing or all 3
- maybe post a full training / diet plan so we can actually see
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swilliams7
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1. What kind of Aerobics are you doing? At what intensity are you doing them? How long do you do them for (in total)?
Keep in mind that in most cases in weight loss, you want to attack cardio exercises, as they are the keys to losing weight. You work in Cardio as much as you can and watch the diet, and weight wont be able to stay on you.
2. Examine your diet.
3. I would cut out the lower body workout on Wednesday and add another upper body workout.
You can build muscle and burn fat (lose weight) at the same time. it really is all a matter of your desires to achieve it. You get out of it what you put into it.
(I am currently working out 2x day on days with upper body lifting (Morning-Cardio, Evening-Lifting)
HIIT on Cardio - 45 minutes on the stairmaster (broken up in 15 minute segments), 15 minutes on the stationary bike (mainly for warming up), 15-25 minutes on the wave machine (simulates cross country skiing), As long as i control diet, fat is just melting away).
Good luck.
Keep in mind that in most cases in weight loss, you want to attack cardio exercises, as they are the keys to losing weight. You work in Cardio as much as you can and watch the diet, and weight wont be able to stay on you.
2. Examine your diet.
3. I would cut out the lower body workout on Wednesday and add another upper body workout.
You can build muscle and burn fat (lose weight) at the same time. it really is all a matter of your desires to achieve it. You get out of it what you put into it.
(I am currently working out 2x day on days with upper body lifting (Morning-Cardio, Evening-Lifting)
HIIT on Cardio - 45 minutes on the stairmaster (broken up in 15 minute segments), 15 minutes on the stationary bike (mainly for warming up), 15-25 minutes on the wave machine (simulates cross country skiing), As long as i control diet, fat is just melting away).
Good luck.