How much fat can you burn lifting weights?

[KingMike]

I am cutting and doing cardio 45-50 minutes a day while eating 2000 calories. Nutrition is in place with carbs only PWO. Lately I have been doing more volume and working out for 50 minutes 5 days a week becasue I think it might help me get leaner but a buddy told me that with my calories, very low carb and cardio that I would be better off with pure strength training with low volume and focus on rest between sets and shorter workouts. I feel that if I focus on pure strength and cut my sets down to 5 or sets per body port that I could gain stregth while cutting but I cannot get over the mentality that higher volume will get me lean faster.

[hardgainer12]

i would stick w what u feel is best. u know ur body and what u want. i would do higher volume

[KingMike]

I usually just work a bodypart until it feels huffed out no matter how many sets it takes but since I cut out preworkout carbs I do not get the pump and burn I used to so sometimes it feels I can work the muscle for 2 hours if i want.

[MartyMcFly]

I think it is hard to gain strength while cutting. I am doing cardio 3 times a week while only easting 2400 cals a day and I am losing strength. I do high volume and long rest in between sets usually. I just go until my muscle can't do anymore. I have lost 17lbs. in about 7 weeks doing this. Minimal muscle loss. I think I was losing more muscle when I did cardio on my workout days.

[KingMike]

So alternate days of cardio and weights is better for you than on the same day? I have been doing cardio and weights on the same day for a while and it seems to make me too thin. What body type are you?

[Doc.Sust]

last time am saying this, YOU CANT LIFT TO GET CUT you want to get cut it is all about cardio and diet. thats it, circuit training is for the geriatrics and novice lifters. higher reps to failure will put on size , lower reps not to failure with weights over 70% and above you max percentage will help with strength. lifting for cardio is just a waste of time, and ie that is circuit training and give it or take it thats my opinion,waste of time and effort

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

^^ so true.

[rastling1]

So false if you are an athlete other than bodybuilder! sometimes lifting for cardio can be more funcitonal that say running for some athletes. Doc Sus your statement about lifting for cardio is so vague in ignorant its baffling. You really should state who your talking too. Not everyoneo on the site is bodybuilder.

[WHOADY4SHOADY]

So false if you are an athlete other than bodybuilder! sometimes lifting for cardio can be more funcitonal that say running for some athletes. Doc Sus your statement about lifting for cardio is so vague in ignorant its baffling. You really should state who your talking too. Not everyoneo on the site is bodybuilder.

No Rastling1, your the idiot and deserve a ban for you shitty attitude and remarks to Doc. First off where the hell did the original poster state he was an athlete training for a specific sport? All he stated is that he is trying to lose some weight and lean down, and by the way he stated it its seems only for physical looks. I think you need to find another board bro, cause your just acting a fool.

[spywizard]

the issue is with 2000 cals you will not grow.. plain and simple you will not grow strong with strength training either.. over training is your biggest issue here..

but rest is the key, and a body in motion..


more muscle will cause and need more cals to maintain them, thus more muscle will burn more fat.. yes.. but, on a restricted diet, and that much cardio.. you are cutting..

if you do curcit training with the cardio, that will continue to maintain muscle, some strength, and more defined look..

good luck

[Doc.Sust]

So false if you are an athlete other than bodybuilder! sometimes lifting for cardio can be more funcitonal that say running for some athletes. Doc Sus your statement about lifting for cardio is so vague in ignorant its baffling. You really should state who your talking too. Not everyoneo on the site is bodybuilder.

well than slow mo remain baffled, but guess what, it is the truth, i also am not a bodybuider and i am answering the question from a non bodybuilding perspective i was answering the original question asked, and i think that that was pretty easy to observe, didnt know i had to SPELL that out for you.not really rocket science. i answered the question the way it was written and from the perspective it was written from and not for a particular sport, and if you are going to try to tell me that circuit training is a better way to drop weight and lean out than cardio you obviously dont know what you are talking about

[Doc.Sust]

No Rastling1, your the idiot and deserve a ban for you shitty attitude and remarks to Doc. First off where the hell did the original poster state he was an athlete training for a specific sport? All he stated is that he is trying to lose some weight and lean down, and by the way he stated it its seems only for physical looks. I think you need to find another board bro, cause your just acting a fool.

couldnt agree more!

[GQ-Bouncer]

So false if you are an athlete other than bodybuilder! sometimes lifting for cardio can be more funcitonal that say running for some athletes. Doc Sus your statement about lifting for cardio is so vague in ignorant its baffling. You really should state who your talking too. Not everyoneo on the site is bodybuilder.

He was advising on cutting (losing BF%), not in how it pertains to any sport

as far as "functional" training is concerned in the sport-specific world, nothing will ever compare to actually playing the sport (i.e. wrestlers should spend more time actually wrestling and building that core strength, than wieght-lifting to have pretty muscles... but that is an entirely diffrent discussion, and for another thread)

Also, the AR crew here is pretty tight, your new and didnt know better, but just for future reference have respect for every post - especially in Doc Sus's case whose nothing but helpful to AR

[HUNTER1]

Also, the AR crew here is pretty tight, your new and didnt know better, but just for future reference have respect for every post - especially in Doc Sus's case whose nothing but helpful to AR

^^^I agree, doc sus has helped me on contless occassions!

[Doc.Sust]

He was advising on cutting (losing BF%), not in how it pertains to any sport

as far as "functional" training is concerned in the sport-specific world, nothing will ever compare to actually playing the sport (i.e. wrestlers should spend more time actually wrestling and building that core strength, than wieght-lifting to have pretty muscles... but that is an entirely diffrent discussion, and for another thread)

Also, the AR crew here is pretty tight, your new and didnt know better, but just for future reference have respect for every post - especially in Doc Sus's case whose nothing but helpful to AR

couldnt aggre more with your points and thanks for the kind words!

[Doc.Sust]

^^^I agree, doc sus has helped me on contless occassions!

thank you as wll hunter

[J-Dogg]

hrm..
I've been able to loose quite a bit of fat in the past and in recent times just lifting.

I might be setting myself up here but:
I'd assume that by lifting your definitely going to be burning more calories, how many is going to depend on your effort. Interval training is definitely arguably the best method of depleting fat. Lifting hard for a set will raise your heart rate for a minute or so, then resting for a minute between sets lowers it back down, only to repeat again.

The added muscle will metabolize fat, allowing yourself to maintain a slimmer figure with less dieting/effort.

Your body also has to repair and fuel the muscle, which is going to use the glycogen/amino acids in your blood no longer allowing it the chance to be converted into fat.

I definitely agree that diet is the key, but your definitely burning a significant amount of calories with a good hard lifting.

Trying to my best to be really respectful and not step on any toes :P Just wanted to put my opinions and experience on the table.

To be 100% honest and this is just my opinion, cardio is over rated. Interval IMO is the best. For the most part your not burning a huge amount of calories on a treadmill running 5 miles in 45 minutes. It is awesome for your cardiovascular system and would be the primary reason for doing it. I do it just to keep from getting too “sluggish” and girls are often in the cardio room.

Diet, weights and some interval training IMO would get you ripped the fast, or has for me anyway. I use to be a distance runner from my freshman year in HS until I was 23.

[mtrsprt]

What I believe, is that you can shave all the fat off you want over time, but it all comes down to calories in/out. I have lost about 2% BF in the past 6 weeks, with no cardio.

Look at it this way...... Everyone has abs. It's a matter of how far under the fat layers they are, to be come visible.

Keep diet clean, get excersise, shred the fat, and look good. You do not even have to weight train hardly at all.

[novastepp]

What I believe, is that you can shave all the fat off you want over time, but it all comes down to calories in/out. I have lost about 2% BF in the past 6 weeks, with no cardio.

Look at it this way...... Everyone has abs. It's a matter of how far under the fat layers they are, to be come visible.

Keep diet clean, get excersise, shred the fat, and look good. You do not even have to weight train hardly at all.

i like how you mention the calorie thing. but weights doesnt hurt a bit...
too many bros dont get it (weights=big) (cardio=small)...

[ToTheBuckeT21]

Its like this.. you can't bulk and cut at the same time, your getting big or shredding down 2 dif diets for each thing and diet is most important.. 3,500cal = 1lb of body fat.. so if you burn off 250 cal a day and leave like 250 cals out of your diet then you should loose 1lb of body fat every week. I go to school for this shit.. thats pretty much how it is.

[J-Dogg]

Again I have to disagree T21.

It is desirable and possible to add muscle while "shredding" down. Infact the best way to loose fat and keep it off is to replace it with muscle.

But you for sure can loose BF and gain wieght.