So when I first started working out I had the EXACT SAME thought, because I had a lot of excess fat on my body I was like, oh good I'll just get bulky. NOT TRUE. The key is balance cardio and weights. Definitely aim for 20 minutes of cardio that's hard enough to get you sweaty to start. Then as you go into weights, try to start on the machines as they will help slowly develop your muscles so you can move on to free weights and cable weights. Those are the two best strength training ways to go as they push your body very hard. But start on the machines! Another thing is to perfect your form when you're at low weight. Really focus on that rather than high reps and a lot of sets. Go slow. Slowly stretch and introduce your muscles to working--you will be sore as hell but after you get going, it does go away. Another important thing a lot of people don't do is stretch. I've learned stretching is key with lifting weights because it helps stretch your muscle fascia and that will help you get bigger muscles, actually. When I first started weights I dropped weight so fast none of my clothes fit, and all of a sudden I had a curvy figure. You will see results like that for the first couple months, and very quickly and then after that as you increase your workouts it will be smaller subtler improvements that your eyes will be trained to notice, such ashort noticing you're developing tear drops in your calves and that your forearm muscle is bulging. Last thing is to keep moving. Do a cardio warm up, do a cardio cool down, do cardio after each meal kf you can, KEEP MOVING. You will be able to eat more food while mainting your shape, have more energg, and be more limber for weights. Good luck and whatever you do, don't stop working out.
When you lift any weights, you build muscle. It doesn't matter if you have fat over it, you will build the muscle. But the muscle will be under the fat, so losing the fat will exhibit the muscle. That is why bodybuilders gain muscle by eating lots and lifting lots of weight, but completing 5-7 reps. After they gain all that muscle, they lift lighter weights, but 20-25 reps. This creates the fat burning process. That is what I follow for my program. Fall and Winter are my storing periods, but I still workout. I gain about 10 pounds of weight, in the Spring I lose that weight by doing Weights. In the Summer I do Cardio to lose the extra 2-3 pounds and pump the iron to create more volume. But I do Weights and Cardio year round. Just naturally I store weight in the colder months, like a bear. Hope this assists you in your question.
Fat doesn't turn into muscle. If you lift weights though you can lose fat and gain muscle. The more muscle you have the more calories you burn to maintain them. You won't build big muscles because you're a woman, you don't have enough testosterone to get big without steroids, so don't worry about that. Maybe add in some HIIT a couple of days a week too.
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you have to combine strength training with a form of cardio, like HIIT. most of all its diet
Resisting training is actually well associated with weight loss in those who are not already athletic.
Fat does not turn into muscle.
Fat can be turned into energy. TO lose weight, you generally want to eat at some kind of calorie deficit. Doing exercise can help keep your 'calorie burn' rate up.
The reason strength training helps in particular is that doing so may help you build a little muscle, but more likely, may help you not -lose- muscle. While dieting, you'd otherwise tend to lose some fat and some muscle. The reason that's a problem is the muscle loss makes your metabolism -permanently- slower. That's a natural adaptation our bodies have to live through periods of famine - burn off some muscle early, be weaker, but don't need as much food. That's exactly what you don't want, you want your body to keep burning fat fast, so lifting weights can help preserve the muscle (telling your body i NEED to stay this strong) and forcing it to burn burn burn the fat instead.
Fat doesn't 'turn into' muscle.
Fats are lipids.
Muscle is protein.
Fat is stored energy, you either use it or you don't.
Muscle is only built from micro-tears that heal.
You burn fat when you use energy.
You gain muscle whenever you work them enough.
No you don't have to loose the weight first. Lifting weights in fact burns a lot of calories ( fat ) and will help lean up your body while building muscle. A combination of deit and weight lifting will maximize your overall outcome.
if you build muscle it will help you lose weight faster it will speed up your metabolism and women don't have enough testosterone to build big muscles
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If you wanna cut weight, Loose and eat in deficit and lift as heavy as possible so you preserve most muscles you can while cutting down the weight OP.
u Does not help me lose weight. Cardio and diet does for sure
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