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Since the marathon (sorry), I have begun to incorporate resistance work into my fitness regime again. I've had success with this in the past. I always feel better in myself for doing so. Lose fat, lean up, generally feel stronger and more healthy - the usual motivations for lifting weights. I manage to get to the gym 4 times a week, and I mix it up well enough between circuits, free weights, machines, HIIT etc etc.
Anyway, does anyone with experience of using resistance training to aid fat loss and help towards better overall shape have any useful nuggets of info or tips?
Nutritional advice welcome too, though I'm pretty good at this when I'm not on the p!ss.
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Which Gym do you go to? and what sort of equipment does it have?
I had a spell using primarily battle ropes and it damn nearly killed me, though I was probably as goosed doing 5 minutes of that than 30 minutes of anything else.. A lot of people swear by them and I tend to have a couple of 20/30 second blasts each workout.
Personally I like to do real simple stuff like Plyometric squats, jumps, lifts in between sprints, but obviously this isn't as simple when your inside in a gym
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Gym monkeys of TWTD on 14:50 - Nov 27 with 4046 views
Well what do you mean by resistance training? If you mean lifting weights then muscles eat calories like nothing else. I went down 2 waist sizes, a shoe size, and half a neck size without losing any weight (more or less). I completely changed my body composition over 3 years doing deads squats bench and military 3 times a week for half an hour at a time. Nowadays I dont have as much time (business owner) so I just maintain what I have but I still stick to those core lifts along with some strongman training like farmers walk at the end of each workout.
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4 days a week is good going, maybe focus your days around specific muscle groups / cardio etc. I think a lot is down to confidence / planning your workouts so when you get in there, you know where your going between each machine.
I'm back up to 14.10 after a rough few months which has led to eating badly and drinking too much. I go Monday - Thursday...Chest, Back, Arms, Legs but now I need to shift the weight I'll be back to ending each session with 15mins intense cardio...not to mention going back to booze free Monday - Friday.
I have a Sports Therapist and qualified personal trainer in my office who put me together a gym plan so if you want any ideas for exercises, drop me a msg
Keep varying the resistance training to avoid plateauing. Not just different movements but really making sure the muscles get a different challenge:
So a month of high reps at 60% to make muscles handle lactic acid better. Then a month of medium reps at 70-80% to max the blood pump. And then a month of low reps near max resistance/weight 90-100% for raw fibre strength. Then repeat and along the way you'll find you'll be lifting more and recovering quicker.
Probably works differently for different people but for me it completely changed my overall strength and conditioning for sport even in my mid-40s.