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REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1903 Posts
October 09 2011 20:50 GMT
#21
Martil Strel the man/machine that swam down the entire Amazon River(3,273 mi, which is about the distance from London to New York and wider then the Atlantic ocean) in 66 days lost 26 pounds. So no 30 is fucking crazy.
Iparshuyhe
Profile Joined April 2010
United States30 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-09 21:01:43
October 09 2011 20:54 GMT
#22
From what little I know, I'd recommend sprinting and weight lifting, no cardio. Dietwise, eat meat and vegetables.
If you want to lose weight, make your diet immaculate. If you want to gain muscle, train smart.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-101/

eNtitY~
Profile Joined January 2007
United States1293 Posts
October 09 2011 21:11 GMT
#23
On October 10 2011 05:33 Terranist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 05:21 Stijx wrote:
Honestly man, just get to running and lifting weights. Do it regularly and eat light... those pounds will drop off you.


wouldn't lifting weights actually make him gain weight in a 1.5 month period?


No gaining muscle burns more fat. One of the best ways to drop pounds is so do weight training first and then cardio. Weight training burns off a lot of the sugars in your body and the cardio will burn much more fat.
http://www.starcraftdream.com
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
October 09 2011 21:17 GMT
#24
Not an MD here but is that safe/healthy? I mean sure we'd all like (except me, haha) to lose a bit of weight once in a while... but just eat healthily and exercise.
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Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-09 21:22:41
October 09 2011 21:21 GMT
#25
Ok, thanks a lot everyone. I just wanted to get back to my previous tennis weight +10, guess it was just wishful thinking. Alright, I'll aim for 1.5 lbs a week from now on and do more weight training.

If I'm doing cardio everyday, what's a good amount to meet that goal (never had to lose a specific amount of weight before, kinda just exercised when I felt way too fat and lost some random amount of weight after a couple months)? Is the 90-min/45-min every 2 days too much? I played tennis 5-6 hours a day before without feeling like I'm killing myself so is that actually too little? (I'll be doing sprint straights/jog curves on a regular track) I'll probably bump weight training to every other day rather than 3 times a week. I don't want to gain too much muscle, just want to be sleeker to jump higher/accelerate faster on runs.

Again, thanks everyone, I've read every single reply multiple times and they've all been helpful (or, at the very least, a slap of reality).
TheArtOfFugue
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada187 Posts
October 09 2011 21:22 GMT
#26
On October 10 2011 05:45 rezzan wrote:
best tips is google after a nice weight lifting traning pass and buy some drinks that gives calories, and lift weight 3 times a week and run 2 times a week and eat healty- you will gain weight, BUT it will be muscles and you'll look sexy

thats what i and me brother did, 6 months and we were awesome !


+1 Amazing advice and relevant to the OP, cool story, you changed my life. Less lifting, more reading imo.
74% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
October 09 2011 21:29 GMT
#27
On October 10 2011 06:21 Count9 wrote:
Ok, thanks a lot everyone. I just wanted to get back to my previous tennis weight +10, guess it was just wishful thinking. Alright, I'll aim for 1.5 lbs a week from now on and do more weight training.

If I'm doing cardio everyday, what's a good amount to meet that goal (never had to lose a specific amount of weight before, kinda just exercised when I felt way too fat and lost some random amount of weight after a couple months)? Is the 90-min/45-min every 2 days too much? I played tennis 5-6 hours a day before without feeling like I'm killing myself so is that actually too little? (I'll be doing sprint straights/jog curves on a regular track) I'll probably bump weight training to every other day rather than 3 times a week. I don't want to gain too much muscle, just want to be sleeker to jump higher/accelerate faster on runs.

Again, thanks everyone, I've read every single reply multiple times and they've all been helpful (or, at the very least, a slap of reality).


Okay, sounds like you actually are more focused on performance than aesthetics or general fitness.

You say you don't want to gain to much muscle, well you'll be fine there are long as you aren't eating like crazy. It's pretty tough to put on lots of muscle if your in a caloric deficit. Basically, you don't need to be worried about getting bulky with the goals and exercise your proposing, it just isn't going to happen.

Accelerate faster on runs? Like as in quickness/getting up to speed? I'm just trying to figure out if your more focused on being able to sprint faster or increase endurance.

90/45 every 2 days, is that like 90 minutes one day, 45 minutes the next, then 90, etc, etc.?

Why sprint straights/jog curves? I don't see any real need to do that; though it will help if your a little more specific with exactly what sort of goals your shooting for.
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Sinensis
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2513 Posts
October 09 2011 21:31 GMT
#28
Are you training for some kind of boxing event? If you need to drop huge amounts of weight before a weigh in just run a mile while chewing on a rubber band and spitting as often as possible. You will lose a ton of water weight.
Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
October 09 2011 21:40 GMT
#29
removing all carbs will make you drop weight like insanely fast
Knap4life
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Slovenia333 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-09 21:48:46
October 09 2011 21:41 GMT
#30
Diet is VERY important when your planning to lose weight. You can lose weight with no cardio but its of course a lot harder.

The first thing you need to find out is how much calories you burn every day say for example you burn 2500 calories if you did nothing but just sit on a chair. You could just eat 2000 calories every day and just sit on the chair and you would lose weight but of course its not easy. You could also eat 2500 calories eat every day and run to burn 500 calories.

So you would lose 3500 calories every week which is 1 pound. And dont think you are clever if you drop down to 1000 calories a day that would make it only worse since it would put your body in starvation mode and you would start to store all your food you eat.


I am as well currently following a very strict plan on losing weight.

I run 30min every day (5km)
I lift weights every 2nd day for 1 hour.
I eat 6 meals a day.
I drink ONLY water and MILK. (Avoid other drinks)
Dont eat fast food or candy.
Try to check all the foods you eat and see how much calories they have so you have an idea of how much calories you are going to eat.


Also you can lose 2 pounds of fat every week at MAX anything more than that means you are losing muscle as well and thats not what you want to lose since muscle burns more calories than fat.
Knap4life
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Slovenia333 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-09 21:45:12
October 09 2011 21:44 GMT
#31
On October 10 2011 06:40 Pulimuli wrote:
removing all carbs will make you drop weight like insanely fast



This is a false statement. You could ONLY eat chocolate and you would still lose weight IF you eat the right calorie amount , of course it would not be healthy and i do not recommend it but you could lose weight by eating anything if you just know how much calories you have to eat.
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
October 09 2011 21:44 GMT
#32
i second the weight training--if you do high reps with low rest and relatively low weights, you won't be putting on muscle as much as you will be burning fat (i'm doing this right now, and it's working pretty well) .

but again, diet is CRUCIAL. you have to tailor your diet to your workout goal--remember that a pound of fat is roughly 3500 unburned calories..
wash uffitizi, drive me to firenze
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
October 09 2011 21:50 GMT
#33
On October 10 2011 06:44 Knap4life wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 06:40 Pulimuli wrote:
removing all carbs will make you drop weight like insanely fast



This is a false statement. You could ONLY eat chocolate and you would still lose weight IF you eat the right calorie amount , of course it would not be healthy and i do not recommend it but you could lose weight by eating anything if you just know how much calories you have to eat.


Yea but if he removes all carbs he will likely be slashing his caloric intake quite significantly. Still not a great diet though.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
October 09 2011 22:01 GMT
#34
How heavy are you? If you're like 200kg+, you could probably lose like 50kg in liposuction if you're willing to spend the cash.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
October 09 2011 22:01 GMT
#35
the better advice on carbs is to remove simple carbs as much as possible and focus on getting more complex carbs in your diet
wash uffitizi, drive me to firenze
jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
October 09 2011 22:03 GMT
#36
wont your heart shrink or something if you lose that much wait in such a short period of time
eNtitY~
Profile Joined January 2007
United States1293 Posts
October 09 2011 22:27 GMT
#37
On October 10 2011 06:40 Pulimuli wrote:
removing all carbs will make you drop weight like insanely fast


That's not really true, the atkins diet isn't that good. You can consumer carbs early on and only fat later in the day and lose weight, plenty of body builders do that.
http://www.starcraftdream.com
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20022 Posts
October 09 2011 22:51 GMT
#38
On October 10 2011 06:21 Count9 wrote:
Ok, thanks a lot everyone. I just wanted to get back to my previous tennis weight +10, guess it was just wishful thinking. Alright, I'll aim for 1.5 lbs a week from now on and do more weight training.

If I'm doing cardio everyday, what's a good amount to meet that goal (never had to lose a specific amount of weight before, kinda just exercised when I felt way too fat and lost some random amount of weight after a couple months)? Is the 90-min/45-min every 2 days too much? I played tennis 5-6 hours a day before without feeling like I'm killing myself so is that actually too little? (I'll be doing sprint straights/jog curves on a regular track) I'll probably bump weight training to every other day rather than 3 times a week. I don't want to gain too much muscle, just want to be sleeker to jump higher/accelerate faster on runs.

Again, thanks everyone, I've read every single reply multiple times and they've all been helpful (or, at the very least, a slap of reality).


Weight loss is ~85% diet. Doing a bunch of cardio isn't really going to help you that much. Just eat 500 calories below your maintenance level (google BMR calculator find out how many cals you need a day). Weight training (squat, deadlift, bench, etc.) 3x a week will help lose a bit more fat but will mostly lead to better body recomposition so you look better.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Snackysnacks
Profile Joined December 2010
United States411 Posts
October 09 2011 23:04 GMT
#39
I had links to blogs posts around here on teamliquid about extreme weight loss, things such as extreme low cal and different workout routines.
I originally wrote up a 2 week plan followed with a month routine on the weight loss, i went through about a week and a half of it, lost between 12-15 pounds, but it was extreme hell...

Wouldn't really recommend extreme lifestyle changes, i went from being decently content with my life to absolute shit, without energy, and it started to effect how i did things generally.
Really, take it to heart when people suggest things extreme.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
Trizz
Profile Joined June 2010
Netherlands1318 Posts
October 09 2011 23:15 GMT
#40
Some UFC fighters drop 50 pounds in a week, it's possible.
But not healthy ofcourse.
nope
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