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Originally Posted by Mydivorcegift
If you are truly wanting to transform your body (ie not just lose weight on a scale) lifting weights is as important as diet...
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Originally Posted by stt816
not true....diet is ALWAYS more important, you can lift all the weights you want and not lose any weight, you need to be in a deficit to lose weight simple as that
that being said I would place you on a weight lifting routine as the base...with cardio on the off days
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This is not a black and white subject. You can follow a perfect eating plan and loose weight but without exercise especially weight training the end result can be two totally different things, doing lengthy cardio without weight training is catabolic , weight training is anabolic. Ideally, cardio, HIIT and weight training combined with a good eating plan is ideal. The weight training I would do before any cardio if I had to choose. Weight training burns more total cals than cardio, plus the fact it takes more calories to maintain muscle than fat so in turn weight training adds muscle, burns calories through the workout and you naturally burn more cals at rest.
Can you get a good physique from cardio, perhaps with HIIT but you can get lean and a great physique from weight training.