Cardio vs. Weight Training to lose weight?
I thought so. Until I told my trainer that I had been doing cardio a lot to lose weight but stopped getting results. Thats why I went to this trainer. He charges about $230 an hour so I think hes good. He told me that cardio is really easy to adjust to after about a month and you will stop seeing results, just like I had. He also told me that someone overweight shouldn’t do to much cardio because 30minutes of cardio puts 30min of stress on the adrenal glands which raises cortisol levels and puts even more stress on my body than I already have from being overweight. Which results in less sleep, less energy to workout with ext. He said also that 30min of strength training puts only about 6 to 8 minutes of stress on the body because you only stressing the body when you actually lifting the weight. He went on further to say that weight training has been shown to keep your body at a metabolic spike for up to 72 hours after a workout as opposed to a metabolic spike that stops when you stop sweating from cardio?????
Do you agree with this? I thought Cardio was better????
He said it only burns a few more caloires a min than weight training, but puts less stress on the body and has almost no further impact on you once you stop running.
Another thing he said that when it some to weight loss it primarily involves nutrition and what I do at home. I’m really dedicated to losing about 50 pounds, and packing on some “Jillian Michaels” muscle so I wanted to train with him 7 days a week $230 per session and instead of jumping of that offer he said working out doesnt get you stronger and more “toned” its the resting and relaxing and sleeping thats going to do that, So i’m getting 4 days a week now.
I’m just confused I always heard muscle burns more calories than fat but he said that thats only good in theory. 1 pound of muscle opposed to 1 pound of fat only burns about 12 more calories a day. He said I could do that chewing gum???
Sorry I’m so unorganized on this post, its just, he’s charging $230, hes 22 yo and hes saying all this stuff I didnt know??? WOW I heard he was one of the best, he made my friend lose 72 pounds and she is sexy looking!!!



