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From what I've learned, if you increase your muscle mass, you will
increase your metabolism. Due to the fact that you have increased
your blood supply and veins, tissue, etc. in these muscle areas.
Your body needs protein to build/maintain muscle (not an enormous amount
either) and if you do not increase/maintain your protein (or fuel) your
body will turn to the muscles for food because it is already
broken down into the simplest form of fuel as opposed to fat which
is complex.
So in the end, the muscles you have built up by weights will be
used as fuel so you are defeating the purpose of lifting weights in
the first place. (yes, it's another form of starvation)
As far as losing weight without an aroebic activity, it can be done
but in my opinion, is not the safest way. While we build our biceps,
what is building up our heart? The only thing that can do that
is to increase your heart rate. Weights just don't get that rate
going fast enough.
Just another theory....
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| I agree with "My Thoughts". There are fun aerobic acitivties.
Walking a 15 (or less) minute mile. Walk for at least 45 minutes.
I find the Stairmaster fun. How about a tredmill, rowing machine,
cross country ski machine, going for a bike ride, roller skating,
running, tennis, racket/hand ball. You don't need to take an aerobic
class to get the benefits. I do the stairmaster for 15-45 minutes,
which gets my heart rate to it's maximum very quickly then do my
weight training. I lost 9 lbs in one month when I was stepping
39-45 minutes per day.
Good luck.
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| Muscle and Fat are two different things, entirely. You can gain or lose
either. One can not become the other. In order to have muscles show,
you can't have lots of fat on top of it. (i.e. those folks with
"washboard abs" have little fat on their stomachs). Muscle DOES weigh
more than fat, so if you were to LOSE fat and GAIN muscle at the same
time, your measurements and body shape would change, but your weight
may not.
Aerobic exercise is the best way to lose weight, provided you are
eating properly. Besides, your heart is the most important muscle you
have, might as well keep it healthy! You shouldn't go above 85% of your
heart rate (figured out with the formula below). Depending on how much
you've been exercising and how intensly, you should keep your heart
rate between 75-58% for 20 mins, 3 times a week.
To figure your heart rate: 220 minus your age, multiplied by .75 and
.85. That'll give you the heart rate for 1 minute. If you're taking
your pulse for a shorter time (say 10 seconds), divide by 6.
I'm 28, so: 220-28=192*.75=144/6=24, 192*.85=162/6=27. So, I should
keep my heart rate between 24-27 beats (per 10 second pulse check).
Once you go above the 85-90%, you stop burning fat and start burning
muscle, which is the opposite of what you want to do!
~beth
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