What’s the best strength training for weight loss?

[Anonymous]

40yo female! Not interested in doing barbell weights but okay doing heavy dumbells (25lbs)

I’m trying to lose about 10 lbs. Currently 140, 5’5.

How many days a week and for how long?

[Anonymous]

3 days a week of HARD workouts. Focus on push-pull movements, lunges, squats, rows. Important to note that 90% of weight loss will come from your diet.

[Anonymous]

Strength training isn't going to lead to weight loss. Dietary changes lead to weight loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strength training isn't going to lead to short term weight loss. Dietary changes lead to weight loss.

FTFY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strength training isn't going to lead to weight loss. Dietary changes lead to weight loss.

+1. BUT, and this is a huge BUT, strength training and eating plenty of protein can help you lose fat instead of muscle. And that. Can be critical for your health if you are a perimenopausal/ menopausal woman.

[Anonymous]

Strength training will help to maintain basal metabolic rate and to maintain weight / prevent ongoing weight gain.

[Anonymous]

Plate pushes- take your plate of food and push it away.

Joking aside, to lose the last 10 lbs you will need to heavily focus on diet lifting weights it great for your body, but fat loss, especially fat loss when you are already a healthy weight, is all about diet.

[Anonymous]

Diet diet diet.

[Anonymous]

30 mins 3-5x a week. Still to the basics to build some muscle - squats, deadlifts, chest press, rows, shoulder press etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strength training will help to maintain basal metabolic rate and to maintain weight / prevent ongoing weight gain.

This. Especially the weight gain associated with aging. You gotta fight that muscle loss!

[Anonymous]

OP, strength training (lifting heavy) 3x per week really helped me lose weight.

I really did not have to diet. In fact if you are lifting heavy you want to make sure you are getting enough calories.

I could eat more and pounds kind of came off.

Age 62 year old woman.

[Anonymous]

You have to lift heavy and watch your diet. The 25 lb dumbbells are not heavy. You need to go much heavier especially for lower body.

That being said if you don’t watch your diet none of this matters.

5’2” 50 yo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to lift heavy and watch your diet. The 25 lb dumbbells are not heavy. You need to go much heavier especially for lower body.

That being said if you don’t watch your diet none of this matters.

5’2” 50 yo.

Lifting heavy means lifting heavy *for you* (and implies increasing over time.) you’re not doing op any favors by sneering at 25 lb dumbbells (which might, in fact, be TOO heavy for her.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to lift heavy and watch your diet. The 25 lb dumbbells are not heavy. You need to go much heavier especially for lower body.

That being said if you don’t watch your diet none of this matters.

5’2” 50 yo.

Lifting heavy means lifting heavy *for you* (and implies increasing over time.) you’re not doing op any favors by sneering at 25 lb dumbbells (which might, in fact, be TOO heavy for her.)

+1

I read something recently that as long as you are lifting *to failure* the weight doesn’t matter as much. You’re still building muscle.