Weight Loss with Weights

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Mel Siff wrote:

<Expenditure of energy is all that matters, not how you achieve it. Would

you care to quote how much distance running is needed to compare with

only 20 minutes of strenuous weight training, intervals, boxing sparring,

sprinting or hard manual labour? See any standard text on ergonomics

or exercise physiology. The main benefit of weight training is lean muscle

gain ONLY if you happen to be a bodybuilder. If you are a weightlifter,

powerlifter or track & field athlete, your main aim is to increase qualities

such as strength, power and speed.>

** I wasn't being very clear. The main point I was trying to make was that

the main benefit of weight training with respect to body composition is

increase in lean muscle mass (or preservation of lean muscle mass if

dieting). Thus for " weight loss with weights " , the weight training should be

focused on building/preserving lean muscle mass, not on expending calories.

Don Nguyen

Sydney, Australia

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Don Nguyen wrote:

<<The main benefit of weight training is the ability to add lean

muscle tissue.>>

**** That's certainly true, but muscle also burns more calories; in

fact, every pound of muscle burns 40 calories per day according to

stats I've read which is more than other tissue. It's one of the

reasons Nature doesn't care about it past the point of having enough

to function. It's expensive to maintain.

Very often, assuming an individual is eating a decent diet, they

will lose fat by gaining more muscle mass without the need for a lot

of excess cardio.

Comments?

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Doss writes:

<< I have read that the difference in calorie expenditure between muscle

and fat is only about 5 calories per day per pound. There are good

reasons to increase muscle mass (appearance being the one I am most

interested in) but I'm not sure increased metabolism is really one of

them - perhaps this rationale is overrated.

Hi ,

As stated, I agree that muscle mass increase may not be highly

significant--but what may? be tacitly expressed here is that the ratio of

viable lean to fat is terribly important-- for may reasons--research eludes

me.

I'm sure someone on this list has the particulars at hand.

PS Where is Boerne?

Jerry Telle

Lakewood CO USA