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Say you have 37% body fat,220 pounds and 5ft 8in. You are flabby and soft.
Can you tighten up and become more solid while still being overweight?
I am 200 pounds,but i am flabby. I want to look tighter and more solid without losing weight. IS that possible? If so,i just lift heavy with low reps weights right?
At 5ft 8 and 200 lbs you will need to lose weight, you can't turn fat into muscle. And yes you can still build muscle while losing weight. Start a weight loss plan while resistance training.
Say you have 37% body fat,220 pounds and 5ft 8in. You are flabby and soft.
Can you tighten up and become more solid while still being overweight?
I am 200 pounds,but i am flabby. I want to look tighter and more solid without losing weight. IS that possible? If so,i just lift heavy with low reps weights right?
Yes, you can gain muscle.
It will likely be softer looking because of the fat but yes you can.
I gained lots of muscle when I was fat.
As you lose the fat, you muscle will start to be more pronounced (visible).
Fix the diet 1st, if you have too much body fat. 37% BMI is very high and dangerous for your body. Doing cardio and having a carb restricted diet should be the 1st thing.
Fix the diet 1st, if you have too much body fat. 37% BMI is very high and dangerous for your body. Doing cardio and having a carb restricted diet should be the 1st thing.
Not necessarily. Complex carbs are fine. And resistance training should come before cardio. Ideally you want to do both, but if you could only do one, resistance - weight lifting and body weight moves, are going to give you the best bang for your buck. For cardio HIIT and Tabata training are great.
Sure, you can get strong while being overweight. In fact, I would encourage people to work out regardless of weight status because the benefits happen regardless of weight.
I'm 5'10, formerly 221 (probably closer to 230, 221 was my first recorded weight). In addition to diet, I started working out - lifting weights and cardio. In about two weeks, I started getting definition and I was getting stronger. However, it seems like you also want to look firm and frankly, you'll have to lose some of the fat that's hiding your muscle. There's no way around it as far as I know.
Of course you can. Like someone said above, power-lifters and NFL lineman are not skinny by any stretch of the imagination. Gaining muscle has nothing to do with how much fat you have, however, you should make it your priority to cut to your goal weight loss before starting to bulk up. Luckily you don't have much weight to lose, so you can focus on both a diet and workout plan at the same time. The most effective diet to follow is called a CICO diet, and is when you eat fewer calories than you burn in a day. You can use this guide to learn more about CICO and how to follow it: https://www.openfit.com/what-is-cico
Along with following a CICO diet, you should find a weightlifting program that works for you. Most people swear by what is known as a PPL, or push-pull-legs, program, which can be down as little as 3 days per week or as much as 6 days per week, depending on what you can handle. If you are a member of your local gym, I recommend making a training session with one of their trainers that can teach you the right ways to lift, however in the meantime you can use this article to learn how to properly weight-lift: https://www.openfit.com/weightliftin...e-and-strength
Last edited by DanW127; 02-12-2020 at 02:17 PM..
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