Alright, here's the deal. I've been lifting weights regularly now, and I understand that you should take a day of rest to allow your muscles to repair themselves. The problem is, to me a day without working out feels like a day wasted and I'm having a hard time with "rest" days. I also do 30-50 minutes of cardio per day, and my main goal is fat loss. Am I really destroying my body, /fit/?
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You cant build muscle if you are eating less calories than you are taking in.You cant lose fat if you are eating more calories than you are burning.Make your choice.
If you're doing something like walking for weight-loss you should be OK. Do it as often as you want within reason.If you're losing weight through weight lifting AND trying to gain muscle it won't work. Yes, it feel as if you're wasting time sometimes but you have to let your body repair and grow.
>>134579>You cant build muscle if you are eating less calories than you are taking in.You can't logic.
30-50 minutes? Way too much. 20 minutes of HIIT will be much, much better.
>>134595I run three-five miles every morning non stop and it feels far more satisfying that twenty minutes of HIIT. Plus I actually like running. So a daily routine of lifting plus cardio is wasting time for fat loss? Should I just go for cardio? I was doing the weight lifting for the metabolic boost mainly, because I'm already pretty big, I just have 10-15 pounds of fat to lose before it shows through.
>>134606No, you should be lifting hard and heavy. Just make sure to separate your lifting and cardio by a good portion of time. i.e., 6-8 hours, at least.
>>134616Can you explain why we need to have a period between them? (without go look it up yourself faggot!!!)
>>134628You're body, after lifting, is in a serious deprivation of energy. To compensate for this lack of energy stores, your body will catabolize itself for energy, causing more harm than good.
>>134629your*
>>134616Does low reps/high weight give the best metabolic boost? (different fag to the one you're 'talking to')
>>134657High reps of low weight.
>>134662wrong.high training density (low rest periods)high weighthigh intensityyou still need to stimulate muscle breakdown during your workout
>>134662Shut the fuck up. Lifting heavy will give you the best amount of strength and metabolic increase balance. If you just want a metabolic increase without the overall awesome strength granted from a 5x5 program, then do 8-12 reps. That'll promote size, which in turn needs to be fed, causing an increase in required calories.
>>134672amen, we need to curbstomp these "high reps to tone" faggots