Comments on: Weight Training for Fat Loss Part 1

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:29:33 +0000

I don’t understand the question.

By: pras

pras — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:58:19 +0000

Excellent concept; just one doubt; when does one stop adding more weights to the routine; you do max out at some point right?

By: Ryan Surya

Ryan Surya — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:27:57 +0000

I’m waiting for your next post

By: William K.Mangino

William K.Mangino — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:00:57 +0000

Thankyou for the great article. I’m really looking forward to reading article part 2.

By: Rahim

Rahim — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:58:45 +0000

Thank you for posting this. I was interested to read what you say here because I found through experimentation a while back that this was really the only way I could lose fat readily. People say all the time that a big caloric deficit will ruin the physique, but this sort of thing varies from person to person. If you have a fast metabolism you may have some trouble with this. But if you are naturally softer (i.e. an endomorph, i guess) you MUST create a large calorie deficit to lose weight. I found that the body will sacrifice very little muscle mass under these conditions if the muscle is being used to do hard exercise.

By: Chris D

Chris D — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:19:26 +0000

I’m eagerly waiting to see how one can combine the two forms of training outside of the context of The Ultimate Diet 2.0, which had the high tension loads completely separate from the metabolic work.

From what I’ve read, I’m inferring that you really have to make an effort to deplete muscle glycogen by consuming very low carbs while doing several high rep sets to failure. I’ve contemplated throwing in a few sets of high rep work at the end of my tension workouts (for muscle maintenance while dieting) to “get the best of both worlds”, but I thought that with an accompanying very low carbohydrate diet, that 2 or 3 metabolic style sets wouldn’t do much in terms of glycogen depletion or caloric expenditure, especially when I’m taking creatine and protein with carbs PWO (to maintain intensity). I’m assuming that either the PWO dextrose (35 grams) or the next moderate carb meal is going to fill what little dent I made in the muscle glycogen, which defeats the main point of the high rep work to facilitate a glycogen depleted state to utilize increased oxidation of ffa’s.

I also wondered if adding the high rep work after the tension loads in the same workout would interfere with my lifts in subsequent workouts. In that vein, I’m hoping that Lyle will also eventually take on what the minimal volume per workout should be to maintain muscle mass while dieting. We know he recommends high tension loads, and he’s said that volume can be cut way down, but I’m wondering if there is a threshold for minimal time under tension. My 3-4 sets of bench presses at 5 reps every 4 days goes by very quickly.

By: dorian

dorian — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:49:11 +0000

Great read! I’ve never taken the opportunity to thank you for all your great articles. Thanks!
This article clearly demonstrates your knowledge once again.
And btw, you gave me a new favourite word: ass-backwards^^

Regards,
Dorian

By: Juan Daniel Reich

Juan Daniel Reich — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:19:33 +0000

Can’t wait till friday…. I suppose your General Bulking routine can be used, reducing volume, as you suggest in other posts and maintaining pre-post workout nutrition?

Regards,

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:41:32 +0000

Interesting, can’t wait for part II!

By: shaun

shaun — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:55:46 +0000

Thankyou for the great article. I’m really looking forward to reading part 2.