: Episode 529 – Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber discuss exercising as a poor way to lose weight, and brisk walking vs. weightlifting to better complement weight loss from diet. All this and more in this Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer Podcast.
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ARTICLE ON LOSING WEIGHT
- There was an article that discussed whether brisk walking or working out was a better way to lose weight
- In part, depends on what you do at the gym
- They did not even touch on diet
- Exercise is a poor way to lose weight!
BRISK WALKING VS. WEIGHTLIFTING TO LOSE WEIGHT
- Bottom line is, having a good diet is necessary ALSO to lose weight
- Walking, you might burn more fat calories and maybe make it to zone 2
- Trying to keep up with Andy will make you lose 300 calories
- However if you go eat a bag of M&Ms after, you’ve negated the calories you’ve lost
- Calorie in calorie out doesn’t work so that is why exercise doesn’t work as well as diet to lose weight
- Walking is good and heart healthy
- Trying to keep up with Andy will make you lose 300 calories
- In your 30s, you start to lose pounds of muscle, so weightlifting can be good to help this
- Depending on what the weightlifting is, you may burn more fat calories
- At the end of the day, neither will really MAKE you lose weight
- Do both to stay healthy and help weight loss