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getting healthy/fit Anonymous
ok guys, at the moment im about 120/125kg 6'1
go to the gym fairly often but i just cant lose weight, i dont eat much bad food/etc but i binge drink on weekends (a bottle of spirits + whatever premix cans i can get)

at the gym i usually do 30-40 mins cardio
1 hour of weights (upper body/abs/legs)

what can i do to improve my lifestyle and lose weight fast?
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
I think cutting the binge drinking for a start, as I remember it doesn't help with with weight loss.

Out of interest what kind of cardio are you doing?
>> Anonymous
>>73561
20 mins exercise bike
10-20 minutes treadmill
10 mins cross trainer
>> Anonymous
>>73553
hahaha
>> Anonymous
>>73586

Have you tried HIIT? Also how many days a week d'you go to the gym?

You say you don't eat much bad food but what does your diet look like?
>> Anonymous
>>73632

ive been thinking about doing hiit, is it worth doing for someone like me?

usually have a salad sammich for lunch, eggs/cereal for breakfast, muesli bar snack, meat/veges for dinner. drink LOTS of water
>> Anonymous
I suppose at around 260 lbs, you should stick to low impact cardio for a while, but try it and see how it goes just once.

Also, you should break your meals down into 5 or 6 smaller meals as opposed to 3 or 4 larger ones to keep your metabolism up.

What does your weight routine look like?
>> Anonymous
>>73691
ahh righto, cheers.
bench 4-5 sets of 15 reps of 50kg
100-120kg on leg press
do 15kg 4 sets on lats
15kg dumbells various ways
3 sets of 25 situps
>> Anonymous
>>73698

First off, drop the leg press machine and get to squatting if you can. Secondly, ignore the isolation work (you dont really need it at this stage) and go for compound lifts with a 5x5 structure (other than core work, but deadlifts and squats'll be doing something anyway).

Try to break the exercises up into different days, i.e push day, pull day and legs. The heavier you can lift, the more muscle you can build and the more energy is required to maintain it.

Cardio could be done on the days in between (because you sure as hell wont want to do it straight after squats day).
>> Anonymous
>>73705
cheers guys, great help. whats the advantages of squats over a leg press?
>> Anonymous
>>73711

Actually its been the samefag throughout this topic haha ;)

As for squat vs. leg press, the leg press specifically targets the quads and to a much lesser extent your hamstrings and glutes. SQUATZ will actually work all of the above, the calves, the adductors and also your abs a little bit, as well as the stabiliser muscles around your joints.
>> Anonymous
>>73724
haha! thanks for the advice mate, many internets too you!