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cardio/weight training...again.

hannah_onoroski Posts: 3 Joined: 2008/06/09	2008/06/10, 12:25 AM ok, I'm willing to bet these questions have been asked before, and I've been tooling around all aspects of the site tonight, but I have a few questions. I'm really out of shape and overweight. Like I said in my fitness goals, I'm hoping to eventually lose about 80 lbs. I filled out the fitness profile and got a set of workouts and stuff, but it didn't really incorporate cardio at all - its all weight training. I don't have a problem doing that, but I'm just thinking...everything I was taught in gym class and health throughout years of school led me to believe that the best, most efficient way to lose weight was to do cardio. And - this is essentially what everyone is telling me, though admittedly they're not any kind of expert. all I want is to get back into shape, like I was in high school. now I know there's a lot of dedication and hard work involved, but what is the quickest or best way to drop weight? I don't have access to a gym, but I do have a treadmill and some freeweights, though not much. so far what I've been doing is walking on the treadmill...I haven't begun messing with the weights. I guess I'm just looking for advice on how to tackle this...do I do cardio or just weight training? if i DO do cardio, when, how often, how strenuous? thanks a lot for reading this, and if all theses questions are answered already, please just point me in the right direction, with my apologies. thanks!
docksideguy05 Posts: 90 Joined: 2008/05/15	2008/06/11, 08:51 PM look at "Cardio questions?" it's the very first stickied post on this forum that should give you some good info
hannah_onoroski Posts: 3 Joined: 2008/06/09	2008/06/11, 10:59 PM awesome. thank you, i will go check it out!
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2008/06/12, 08:57 AM ============ Quoting from hannah_onoroski: everything I was taught in gym class and health throughout years of school led me to believe that the best, most efficient way to lose weight was to do cardio. ============= You'd be surprised how many other things were wrong in your health and gym classes. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Blood Guts Sweat Chalk