If you gain muscle, you will burn fat. Just having muscle makes your body burn more calories in a day. You need to combine a workout of strength training and cardio to lose weight. You should walk/run 3 times a week and strength train 3 times a week, and rest 1 day. Do it something like this this:Sunday: restMonday: runTuesday: strengthWednesday: runThursday: strengthFriday: runSaturday: strengthYou should alternate days like that, and you need a day of rest or your body will get too tired and you could hurt yourself or just not get a good work out. You don t have to lift heavy weights to strength train, just do push ups or lift weights that are heavy enough to challenge you. For me, 3lb weights work best. I m a girl. Since you re a guy, I d lift 5-10lb weights or just do pushups. And when you walk/run, you need to do it at least 1 hour a day.Also remember that if you re gaining muscle, you re going to put on muscle weight but lose fat weight, so try to focus more on how your body looks than what your physical weight is.
I m not sure I understand why you are contempt choosing one or the other so how about you aim to lose weight whilst building muscle?If that was the case a good quality HIIT (High Intensity, Interval Training) workout might be beneficial, HIIT is proven to burn high amounts of fat with short workouts 15-35min is enough, (an example would be sprinting, then resting...repeat) this will also improve your cardio, mix this with up some light to medium weight training and there s no reason you can t do both.If your asking what s easier, burning fat or building muscle well that s difficult to answer because it depends on factors such as your metabolism, diet, current fitness level, what type of workout or weight training your willing to do etc.Google HIIT workouts to find out more if your interested.All the best.
Building muscle is much easier than losing weight.With losing weight you have do Cardiovascular activities which will tire you out and you also have to watch your diet.Building muscle requires protein and constant weight lifting, though tiring would be less physically exhausting.Running/Swimming/Walking/Biking/Joggin�� are all good ways to lose weight and build up your leg muscles.Building up the leg muscles help strengthen other muscles as they are the largest. (Quadraceps)
The general rule for losing weight is to: Eat Less, Do MoreSo, take in less calories and become more active with exercise.From what I understand, to gain muscle you need to eat more protein rich foods and concentrate on exercises that work certain muscle groups.So you see....both involve a change in diet and lifestyle - so I d say neither one was easier than the other.I think the best idea if you re serious is to consult a medical professional or arrange a membership with a gym where a qualified trainer will work out a programme to help you to achieve the results you want. They are really very good at this - they have different exercises and programmes for you to, Lose Weight, Tone Up, Build Muscle etc and will create one based on your statistics and what you want to achive.Good Luck :)
what everyone says is to get skinny first, then gain muscle, but thats counterinuitive and is not a good idea. thts what i did, and its just extra hard work for no reason. whan you re bigger, you re body will build muscle easily because it has so much extra energy to do it with. when you rer skinny, its hard to gain muscle because you re body doesnt have enough energy to build new mass. when you gain muscle first, it will then be easier to lose the fat when you decide to because the muscle you have gained will increase your metabolism and the fat will fall off a lot faster. just start eating smarter, not less, just smarter, and work out everyday. and lifting heavy weights does not stunt your growth
it would be easier to gain muscle but it would also be stupid. yes it heavy lifting does stunt your growth. but converting fat directly to muscle will only stay muscle as long as you work out. two weeks of not working out and all of it will convert right back to fat. you have to lose weight first and then start building muscle, if you even want to that is. there is no fast way to lose weight. the only way to do it is the old fashioned way. eat less exercise more. something that really helps on speeding up the process is not eating after 6pm. and power walking for 45 minutes everyday.
its always harder to gain muscle than it is to lose weight but from some people it cam be the opposite. You can do both by following a high protein diet and regular exercise.
Before listening to morons stating that weight lifting stuns your growth - do your own research. For example the first five or six articles from google pin this down as a myth.
you do both simultaneously its going to be really hard work but if i were you i would go the cardio rout all the muscle you want will prolly come with it
it s easy to lose wieght n gain muscle by eat right n pick up weights every n run
first get skinny then get muscles
