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TOTAL GYM. It's not Cardio.

ellaphant — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:45:07 GMT

Total Gym is wonderful for strength training but it's not cardio, which you must do to lose weight. You can do all the strengh training in the world and eat well and not lose a pound.

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willdob3 — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:49:38 GMT

@ellaphant

I don’t care at all about Total Gym. Weight loss is about nutrition. No exercise is necessary. Scientific fact.

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ellaphant — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:51:53 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@ellaphant

I don’t care at all about Total Gym. Weight loss is about nutrition. No exercise is necessary. Scientific fact.

Your wrong and have no knowledge of how exercise impacts all areas of physical health.

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phoenixbrd — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:53:36 GMT

Actually lifting will help you lose weight, unfortunately you must eat healthy, weight resistance, and cardio if you are looking for optimum results. (and the eating healthy is the largest part of the equation). Lucky you, to have a total gym, just need to incorporate the other two legs of the stool. Best wishes for results!

(might want to work a bit of flexibility work too ....isn't it a commitment to be in shape)

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SilleeMee — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:13:04 GMT

Muscles are the fat burning part of the body. If you don't keep muscle mass by exercising them then there is no place for food to get burned off and that food energy turns to fat. Muscles burn calories just by themselves...just sitting there will burn some fat off. But if you don't have muscle mass then you will start to expand with fat.

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willdob3 — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:37:33 GMT

@ellaphant wrote:
@willdob3 wrote:
@ellaphant

I don’t care at all about Total Gym. Weight loss is about nutrition. No exercise is necessary. Scientific fact.
Your wrong and have no knowledge of how exercise impacts all areas of physical health.

@ellaphant

It isn’t my opinion. It is science. Exercise is important & has great value for physical health but it simply isn’t necessary for weight loss.

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x Hedge — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 04:06:32 GMT

@ellaphant

Your thread title is completely incorrect.

I do an aerobic workout on my Total Gym.

As to the content of your post, it's possible to reduce a considerable percentage of body fat and not lose weight if you are building muscle at the same time. Been there, done that.

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Tsukiko — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 04:12:44 GMT

Wrong. What you see them doing on the Q demonstrations is one thing but if you had one would know that you can get a cardio workout with the TG. I don't take any rest between movements and quickly change from one movement to the next. I'll alternate jogging or jump squats with the strength moves. I will do the jumps or jogging for 3 minutes then move to strength for 25 reps or so and continue this for 30 minutes. It's a great circuit routine. I also have the cylco trainer that attaches to it and get tremendous cardio benefits but the TG alone will give you cardio. You just need to to put together a routine that will keep your heart rate up. On the weekends I do 45 minute circuits. I used to get my cardio from kettlebell workouts and ShaunT's T25 and Insanity workouts but I have back issues now but the TG has kept me in the shape I was before my injury.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 04:14:28 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@ellaphant

I don’t care at all about Total Gym. Weight loss is about nutrition. No exercise is necessary. Scientific fact.

I weight train hard and go heavy.

While nutrition alone can get you to weight loss, strength training, including something like Total Gym will help you reduce size. You will be a smaller size at a higher weight.

And yes, if you weight train at a good pace, it increases cardio function. Do 10 reps at 100lbs and see if you're not breathing hard and heavy.

Muscle strength will see you functioning well into old age. Going heavy is a personal choice. Well, just 'cause I can.

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ellaphant — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 04:17:25 GMT

@x Hedge wrote:
@ellaphant

Your thread title is completely incorrect.

I do an aerobic workout on my Total Gym.

As to the content of your post, it's possible to reduce a considerable percentage of body fat and not lose weight if you are building muscle at the same time. Been there, done that.

Oh please. Yeah, if your a WWE wrestler lifting high amounts of weight. Not for the average person.

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qbetzforreal — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 04:18:58 GMT

Cardio, strength training and consumption of healthy foods are all part of a weight loss program. The rowing and pulling on the machine raises your heart level- that's cardio.

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qbetzforreal — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 04:28:05 GMT

@ellaphant wrote:
@x Hedge wrote:
@ellaphant

Your thread title is completely incorrect.

I do an aerobic workout on my Total Gym.

As to the content of your post, it's possible to reduce a considerable percentage of body fat and not lose weight if you are building muscle at the same time. Been there, done that.

Oh please. Yeah, if your a WWE wrestler lifting high amounts of weight. Not for the average person.

Average people cross train as do athletes. It is possible for the average person to loss body fat and not lose weight. If you've been working out but the scale has barely budged but you fine your clothes are fitting differently. You're building up muscle mass and tone.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 05:21:24 GMT

@qbetzforreal Exactly.

Women often worry about their bones as they age but muscle strength will keep you climbing stairs, getting on a ladder & in and out of a bathtub.

You don't need to go into WWE training nor look like Serena Williams but it is fun to get that sideways glance from the Cardio Chicks

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willdob3 — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 05:30:51 GMT

@@Snowpuppy wrote:
@willdob3 wrote:
@ellaphant

I don’t care at all about Total Gym. Weight loss is about nutrition. No exercise is necessary. Scientific fact.
I weight train hard and go heavy.

While nutrition alone can get you to weight loss, strength training, including something like Total Gym will help you reduce size. You will be a smaller size at a higher weight.

And yes, if you weight train at a good pace, it increases cardio function. Do 10 reps at 100lbs and see if you're not breathing hard and heavy.

Muscle strength will see you functioning well into old age. Going heavy is a personal choice. Well, just 'cause I can.

@Snowpuppy

Correct. I prefer to go heavy, too. Also because I can.

OP’s statement is still incorrect; cardio is not necessary for weight loss. Neither is any exercise necessary. A couch potato eating healthy will lose weight.

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phoenixbrd — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 07:20:59 GMT

@willdob3 I agree, yes we know that you can't out exercise a bad diet and you can lose weight as a coach potato, but @Snowpuppy the results of not adding cardio and weights results in a different body. Start with the healthy food to get the process going, then add your exercise routine for the win (if you just can't get off that sofa at the beginning).

@willdob3 wrote
OP’s statement is still incorrect; cardio is not necessary for weight loss. Neither is any exercise necessary. A couch potato eating healthy will lose weight.

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hckynut — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 08:50:37 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@ellaphant

I don’t care at all about Total Gym. Weight loss is about nutrition. No exercise is necessary. Scientific fact.

Sorry @willdob3 ,

Not sure where you got this fact, but if you believe only nutrition is about "weight loss"? Myself personally, and many I have trained, used, and still use, exercise to lose weight.

For me, exercise IS what I presently use to maintain /lose, or gain weight. How anyone claiming to be a "Scientist specializing in weight loss", would make that statement as FACT? Not sure they are in the right "specialty".

People are all different, and in my humble opinion, using both a "good nutrition rich food program", along with different types of exercises, produces the best results for most. Those ARE my Personal Facts, and I am sticking with them.

hckynut

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haddon9 — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 09:45:44 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@ellaphant wrote:
@willdob3 wrote:
@ellaphant

I don’t care at all about Total Gym. Weight loss is about nutrition. No exercise is necessary. Scientific fact.
Your wrong and have no knowledge of how exercise impacts all areas of physical health.
@ellaphant

It isn’t my opinion. It is science. Exercise is important & has great value for physical health but it simply isn’t necessary for weight loss.

So true! ....exercise is not necessary for weight loss.

I've seen my mother lose (& gain) significant weight many times and not exercise at all. Of course exercise is important for good health.

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Pook — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 10:43:25 GMT

I have lost weight from exercise alone without changing my diet. After resolving some health issues I was able to step up my workouts and gain more muscle mass, I not only toned, firmed and reshaped my body but also lost 30 pounds. If I were to stop or cut back my workouts I would most certainly gain weight. And yes you can loose weight by diet alone but you will undoubtly be a soft mushy mass with no energy and will not feel really good. You need the weight training/resistance exercises as well as cardio for good health including bone health and heart health to mention the big benefits plus all the energy you get from working out. You can also get cardio from strength training.

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PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:31:36 GMT

@phoenixbrd The only thing I'd change (or drop) in your post is the word 'UNfortunately'. I don't think it's unfortunate to eat well, properly, the right things - not junk food, fast food, glutens, pastas.

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sgraham30 — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 14:48:35 GMT

@ellaphant wrote:
Total Gym is wonderful for strength training but it's not cardio, which you must do to lose weight. You can do all the strengh training in the world and eat well and not lose a pound.

I can vouch for that personally. I haven't been able to do cardio since the end of Aug 2018 due to ongoing cardiac issues. I've lost a bit of weight (7 lbs) & a LOT of inches. I was telling my trainer a few days ago that I"m getting frustrated because I'm working so hard, not seeing the results that I feel I should be seeing. I told her that I know the weight won't start coming off until I can start doing cardio again, but it's still frustrating.