getting fat

[wrldstrman]

Im big time into weight lifting but havent been to the gym since may and ive gained about 20pounds ...anyone into weight lifting..im starting back monday because my pants dont fit...my goal is to get back down to about 230 by spring..40 pounds to go |D      

[Arrrhalomynn]

230 pounds is still an awful lot, unless you're 7 foot tall. Or made of pure muscle.

Good luck though.

[Hydrobond]

I lift when I have the time, but lifting won't really help to much in losing pounds.  You need aerobic exercise to do that.  Try swimming or, if you think your knees are up to it, running.  

[captain_nintendo]

230 pounds is still an awful lot, unless you're 7 foot tall. Or made of pure muscle.

Good luck though.

Geez Arrr , maybe some of us men dont want to be skinny little wussys ?

When I was 230 I was solid as a rock at 6'4"
looking like a skeleton si not cool. On the other end of the spectrum though..... Being way overwieght sucks.


Picked up yet another hockey leauge to play in to shed a few more pounds.. (makes 2 leauges currently)


Good luck on the wieght loss wrldstrman...
I suggest you do some cardio along with that lifting.
Also sit ups work great IMO.

[Arrrhalomynn]

You must be pretty darn tall or muscular not to look fat and be fat at 230.

How tall are you anyway?

[Izret101]

I love lifting weights too.
I took almost 2 years off though.
I messed up my sholder and elbow benchpressing so cut back my wieght then stopped completely.
hen i got rid of my old bench weights and curling bars because they took up more space than i had to give in my room.

I just started consistantly using this machine we got from my uncle about a year ago. I don't really like it though because it is one of those pulley system type things.

I need to get another bench because i loved benchpressing and freeweigh is much better IMO.


As for all this talk of weight. Depending on your hieght and general physique you can wiegh more than someone else and still be in bter shape than them.
Having broad sholders or chest (ribcage size not fat or breast size mind you ) can add more weight to a person.

[Tynstar]

Mark is scared of fat people so don' t talk about them.

Also if the wind picks up some one tie Mark down. He might blow away.

[nupoile]

I lift when I have the time, but lifting won't really help to much in losing pounds.  You need aerobic exercise to do that.  Try swimming or, if you think your knees are up to it, running.  

Weightlifting is great for losing fat, muscles burn fat, the more you have the more you burn. Muscles burn fat all the time, 24 hours a day, if you put on 1 pound of muscle you are going to see big improvements in fat loss. Aerobic exercise only burns fat while you are doing it and for a little while after and is not nearly as effective at fat loss in my mind. And besides that, if you keep up the intensity, weightlifting is just as aerobic as most other activities most people consider "aerobic".

Of course if your whole goal is simply weight loss, starvation is the way to go. But then your body decides to use up your muscles first and you just end up with skin, bones and fat. Thats an overexageration I know, but the first sentance in this paragraph was funny.

As far as height and weight go I am 6'2" 210-215 pounds and I can see my stomach muscles (more or less). So being 6'4" and 230 doesn't sound too bad.

[captain_nintendo]

You must be pretty darn tall or muscular not to look fat and be fat at 230.

How tall are you anyway?

Arrr , I said in my post I was 6'4"
Thats Six foot 4 inches tall.
I am overwieght now , but before I had a son , I played hockey 4 times a week , worked out 3 times a week and did at least 500 sit ups a night.

But now I am lazy..... :-[ Starting to get the urge to work out again. I know I am heading in the right direction by playing in another hockey league.

And seriously...... NFL linebackers are 6'4" 245 - 255 and alot of them look as if they are chisled (look muscular)

[Izret101]

Don't worry about it too much guys.
He is a cyclist after all.

Anyways didn't we go over this whole thing about weight to musculaer strength ratio last time weight lifting was brougt up?

You can technically be overweight for your height but the index used only takes into account fat not muscle.
And it is also for a specific "average" body type.
So nearly every person can have their own deviation from that chart.

[Arrrhalomynn]

Arrr , I said in my post I was 6'4"
Thats Six foot 4 inches tall.
I am overwieght now , but before I had a son , I played hockey 4 times a week , worked out 3 times a week and did at least 500 sit ups a night.

But now I am lazy..... :-[ Starting to get the urge to work out again. I know I am heading in the right direction by playing in another hockey league.

And seriously...... NFL linebackers are 6'4" 245 - 255 and alot of them look as if they are chisled (look muscular)

Then you must have been darn muscular, as I said

[captain_nintendo]

Don't worry about it too much guys.
He is a cyclist after all.

Anyways didn't we go over this whole thing about weight to musculaer strength ratio last time weight lifting was brougt up?

You can technically be overweight for your height but the index used only takes into account fat not muscle.
And it is also for a specific "average" body type.
So nearly every person can have their own deviation from that chart.

For sure. Muscle does weigh more than fat. I remember being down to 215 pounds when I was 22 and when I started lifting wieghts I gained wieght.
Of course my arms got bigger , my legs got bigger ....You get the point.

So being "overwieght" isnt always a bad thing.

[wrldstrman]

actually im 5.11-- 6 ft or in between..but my biggest problem is i love little debbie..fudge rounds,nutty bars,swiss rolls,etc and i hate running...but its time to get serious i dont like the feel of thight pants..actually for my height i dont look fat because eventhough my stomach is getting close to 40 inches   my chest is still over 50 inches so i dont look to fat :-[..plus i usally get a lot more active in the winter because i cant take the heat and humidity during summer and end up laying in the ac a lot |D

[captain_nintendo]

actually im 5.11-- 6 ft or in between..but my biggest problem is i love little debbie..fudge rounds,nutty bars,swiss rolls,etc and i hate running...but its time to get serious i dont like the feel of thight pants..actually for my height i dont look fat because eventhough my stomach is getting close to 40 inches   my chest is still over 50 inches so i dont look to fat :-[..plus i usally get a lot more active in the winter because i cant take the heat and humidity during summer and end up laying in the ac a lot |D

I am the same way. I hate "playing" in the heat.

Good luck and just watch the junk food intake

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Its that damn sody pop that'll get ya. Of course this is from a person who's never weighed over 150.