Wellness

[ellaphant]

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.  

[willdob3]

@ellaphant 

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

[ellaphant]

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@willdob3 wrote:

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

[phoenixbrd]

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)

[SilleeMee]

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. 

[willdob3]

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@ellaphant wrote:

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@willdob3 wrote:

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

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@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. 

[x Hedge]

@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.

[Tsukiko]

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.

[Snowpuppy]

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@willdob3 wrote:

@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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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. 

[ellaphant]

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@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.

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