I just love answering these weight loss questions. Here’s another:
Question: does anyone know of an EFFECTIVE workout to lose weight from my stomach and one for thighs.
and an EFFECETIVE workout to gain muscle in my arms?
Answer: This article is inspired by a lot of the questions people have e-mailed to me since I’ve had this site up. I must have answered this question 100’s of times by now. The questions are usually something like "How can I gain muscle and lose fat at the same time?" or "I want to lose fat but gain muscle at the same time, how can I do it?" If you went into a gym and took a poll of what everyone’s goal was, I can bet that most, if not all, would say to gain muscle and lose fat. I doubt there is anyone who just wants to lose fat, they want to gain muscle while they are at it, and visa-versa! So, is it? Is it possible to both lose fat and gain muscle at the same time? No, it is NOT possible, and I will not only tell you why its not possible, but I’ll also tell you how you can do both, just not at the same time.
To lose fat, what do you have to do? You have to do lots of cardio, eat a low carb/low fat/lower calorie diet, and of course, lift weights. To gain muscle, what do you have to do? Do little or no cardio, eat a high calorie/higher carb/higher fat diet, and again, lift weights. Did you notice something there? Yup, they are complete opposites. Trying to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time would be like trying to sit and stand at the same time. It just can’t be done. This is why most people who are trying to do both at the same time see no results and give up. So, then how can it be done? How can you lose fat and gain muscle if you can’t do both at the same time? Simple, you don’t do them at the same time. You do them in phases.
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Comment by Fabian — July 8, 2010 @ 12:38 pm
Your a chick, why would you want muscle gain in your arms. Run, Run, Run… Diet, diet, diet. Thats all you have to do to lose weight. Set a goal and stick with it.
Comment by Kevin Danielson — July 8, 2010 @ 12:49 pm
Sure, for your thighs and stomach, try doing some leg raises. That is where you put your back flat on the floor with your legs together and raise your legs about midway until you feel a tightness in your lower abdomen, then do about 20 reps and hold it during a couple reps. An effective way to gain muscle in your arms is by doing close hand and wide arm push-ups until you reach muscle failure once every three days. You will start to notice a leaner appearance with a muscle strength improvement.
Comment by skychaserJeff — July 8, 2010 @ 1:45 pm
Most effective way to lose the fat is to jog/swim. Then do some squats, situps and crunches to tone the muscles. For your arms (assuming you’re just starting out), do 12 reps with a heavy weight (not so heavy that you can hardly curl it once, but enough to make it hard to lft your arms after 12 reps) then drop 5-10lbs of the weight, then curl for as many as you can, until your arms die out, then drop 5-10lbs more, and continue till you’re down to a 10-15lb weight for both arms, and keep going until you can hardly curl those. Do this same type process for your triceps (skull crusher excersize) and shoulders (lifting straight out at your side).
Be warned though, you may not even be able to bend your arms the next day.
Comment by mertezaad — July 8, 2010 @ 2:14 pm