Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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scubaair
scubaair
Posts: 1
Joined: 2006/05/10
United States
2006/05/10, 01:10 PM
I am a 38 yr old female who has lifted weights for almost 20 years. I love weight lifiting and I've always done cardio in the past but lately I do not have as much time to allocate to working out and I would like to allocate my time towards weight loss. Right now, I can work out about 4 to 5 days a week 1.5 to 2 hours (max) a session. My current trainer usually gives me only 20 minutes on the bike or treadmill and the rest is heavy weight training, with some circuit training on my most recent program. I would like to lose about 15 lbs and although I know that diet is the most significant factor to weight loss I would like to optimize my time working out. My trainer believes that I should continue lifting the heavier weights, doing 3 to 5 sets of 10 to 20 reps since muscle tissue burns more calories than fat. I feel that my time should probably be used more towards cario and that I should be lifting a lower weight with more reps. I am very strong but I recently did an aerobic class with bands and after 20 reps I was dying - I must have no endurance. Any suggestions?
ATIGER
ATIGER
Posts: 992
Joined: 2003/02/26
United States
2006/05/10, 01:26 PM
He is correct for weight loss. Weight training will accomplish fat loss quicker. I would go with heavy weight with low reps, 8-10, but he is the pro. Training secession seems to be too long though. I have always heard that anything over 1 hr is counterproductive toward building muscle