Strength training for losing weight?

[turbonergrodude92]

I'm about 20kg overweight , 189cm (6'2") and my goal is to change my body into a more muscular one. I've been weight training for almost a month now and keeping cardio to a minimum (because I read cardio can take muscle from your body) so my question is, should I slim down by just concentrating on cardio and then start trying to "beef up" or to just keep what I'm doing now which is focusing on building muscle?

[Anonymous]

What most body builders do is bulk up. They don't care about getting fatter as long as they get more muscles quickly. When they get the size they want, now they start dieting and exercising. Trust me, I ate like a big durring Christmas and did no exercise, just push ups. Now everyone notices I got bigger, more muscles. I have a tummy so now I just exercise and you lose all the fat so quickly when you are already big.

[shumailkazimi]

doing both strength training and cardio is a must...while strength training ensures you gain muscles and cardio will remove those extra fats

[Anonymous]

If you are going to build muscle you need to eat Eat Eat. If you want to trim fat you usually, reduce calories and do cardio. It's hard to do both at the same time and get the desired effects.