what is more important

[Jungle_Jim]

Hi guys,
im trying to shift my xmas belly and wondered what is more important in your workout. Are you best to target the specific area or best to work other areas too such as legs for burning higher calories and general weight loss.
what ratio is also best for weights to cardio during the week for fat loss.

Any info would be fab
Ta
James

[darrenh84]

if it helps at all i shed 1 stone of pretty much fat in 5 weeks when i was training mma 4x a week for a fight when i was new to training....my diet wasnt good either...a hard full body works outs can do you wonders pal...ill see if i got any old pics to show my point

[Giraffe]

Hi guys,
im trying to shift my xmas belly and wondered what is more important in your workout. Are you best to target the specific area or best to work other areas too such as legs for burning higher calories and general weight loss.
what ratio is also best for weights to cardio during the week for fat loss.

Any info would be fab
Ta
James

Doubt the weights would help much if it's only short term. Higher muscle mass will increase the amount of calories you burn every day normally, but short term you wont be able to get the muscle mass required.

As for fat loss, you can't target specific areas. You just do exercise and take in less calories than you burn, and fat will come off somewhere, you can't determine where. Best bet is to just hammer cardio... Look in to interval training, and apparently fat loss happens best within a certain heart rate zone. Think moderate intensity is supposed to be best, but I've not looked in to it.

Will work best if you can do it AM as well I think. Again, not looked in to it too much.

[Dizzy]

Weight training beats cardio for fat loss.

You need to do 4/5 high intensity weight sessions a week with sprints too. Simple steady state cardio does naff all for fat loss.

[Robin91]

Calories in < Calories out = drop weight.. So much broscience and overcomplication. I'd use a mixture of weights and cardio if I were you.. Diet is most important, if diets off, you won't shed fat. You have to be under maintinence at the end of the day to lose fat..

High protein diet under maintinence + Heavy training for hypertrophy will result it fat loss with minimal muscle loss..

[DusheR]

Just do a push, legs, pull split. Id also do some AM fasted cardio and sort of calorie deficient diet out. Look into alternate day fasting, Im going to try it in my next cut.

[Robin91]

No offence Dusher, but reccomending an advanced nutrition scheme like ADF is stupid to a newbie.. Just keep it simple. He probably doesn't even know how to properly structure a basic cutting diet yet, let alone a diet to maximise results using fast periods and what not!

Calculate BMR, eat 300-500 calories under the each day, and include a solid training regime comprised of cardio (LISS and/or HIIT), heavy training, and adjust diet from there according to results.

[DusheR]

No offence Dusher, but reccomending an advanced nutrition scheme like ADF is stupid to a newbie.. Just keep it simple. He probably doesn't even know how to properly structure a basic cutting diet yet, let alone a diet to maximise results using fast periods and what not!

Calculate BMR, eat 300-500 calories under the each day, and include a solid training regime comprised of cardio (LISS and/or HIIT), heavy training, and adjust diet from there according to results.

I only said look into it. Nothing wrong with reading, more info the better.

When I first starting cutting all I did was eat clean and got my ass doing some cardio. Didnt calculate anything, dont think I ever have. I just made sure I was losing weight, but not too much, altered when things changed. You just have to get to know your own body I think.

[bullit]

Weight training beats cardio for fat loss.

You need to do 4/5 high intensity weight sessions a week with sprints too. Simple steady state cardio does naff all for fat loss.

This.,

[b0t13]

all the fat loss info ull ever need there ^^

burn more than u eat(diet is everything!)
morning cardio before food
intense workouts of some sort
you cant target certain areas,

why women cant understand this and stay fat i dont know!!

[skids_vts]

Hi guys,
im trying to shift my xmas belly and wondered what is more important in your workout. Are you best to target the specific area or best to work other areas too such as legs for burning higher calories and general weight loss.
what ratio is also best for weights to cardio during the week for fat loss.

Any info would be fab
Ta
James

You cant target fat loss