Anyone got any ideas on a goal I’m setting for weight loss?
I’m going to a new gym that just opened up right now and they had a party on tonight and they were offering free body composition analysis (electronic impedance) and I’m trying to set an overall goal for myself so I have something to strive for. I know just do your best but it still would be nice to have a goal.
my current stats are
Weight 285.6 Lean Weight 176lbs
Fat% 38.4 Fat weight 109.6
my goal is to have 12% body fat but it’s the goal of how much muscle I want to put on that’s the question. I don’t want to look like a juice pig….just nice and fit
scenario one
Weight 242 Lean weight 213 fat% 12 Fat weight 39 so I would have to lose 70.6 lbs of fat and gain 37lbs of muscle
scenario two
weight 227 lean weight 200 fat%12 fat weight 27 would have to lose 82.6 lbs fat and gain 24lbs muscle
last one was weight 215 lean weight 190 fat 12% fat weight 25 so would need to lose 84.6 lbs fat and gain 14 lbs muscle
I’m just having a hard time because I can’t visualize the muscle gain so I don’t know if 14/24/37 would be right…….any suggestions would be welcomed
thanks for the responses so far and for the support in the second one. Weight training is important because muscle burns fat more than nothing at all and it is important to also know that your body doesn’t enter into fat burning mode until about after 20 mins of cardio so it is actually best to warm up for 10 mins and then do your weight lifting routine followed by your cardio that way you are already in fat burning mode and your cardio will burn fat the entire time. If you don’t do strength bearing exercises along with cardio you stand a risk of losing muscle mass which is counter intuitive. I’ve read Fat wars by brad king and many other sources so I got a feel for what I need to do, I’m just trying to visualize the result a bit and figure out how much fat I want to lose. I’m 5′8 but my lean mass right now is 176 so obviously I don’t want to go below whatever 176 is plus 12% body fat
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Okay, you’ve got it all backwards and trying to gain that much muscle isn’t always possible.
I would say to focus on the weight loss for the moment and worry about lifting weights later.
OK to be honest here, I think all the info you’ve given above is too complicated. If I understand it, your current weight is 285LBS, even not knowing your height thats a lot of weight. Some where in all the figures you mentioned 109 lbs of fat weight. Bottom line is you need to lose weight. Don’t worry about the long term goal of packing x number of pounds of muscle and dropping Y number of pounds of fat and just begin a routine. I’d suggest spending 40 minutes in any kind of strenous exercise (bike, treadmill, rowing) to elevate your hear rate. Then do 20 minutes of muscle work targeting different sets of muscles each day. Do this every day with a day off to do other things. Get into the routine and make it part of your life, along with dietary modifications and reductions. You can fine tune the results once you drop your fat weight by half. Remember, this is not a short term gig, rather a lifetime deal. Dont worry about the others in the gym, the muscle heads and the busty barbies, this is your journey. I promise you one thing, once the weight starts to come off you will feel great. And nobody can thake that from you. Go go go go. Pull a Nike and just do it.
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