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wanderlusty
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Hi guys! Sorry if this is long.. here's an abstract if you don't want to read the whole thing:
I want to do a pullup. I have 100 pounds to make up. I want to lose about 50 pounds and gain 50 pounds of strength. I know it will take a while, I think at least a year to lose the weight, and I'm not quite sure how long to gain the strength. I want to gain upper-body strength, but I'm not really interested in bulking up (Not that I am worried about it; I suspect I'm a hard-gainer anyways, plus I'm a girl). So I'm fishing for advice on how to combine weight-loss with strength gains, and what exercises would be best for pull-ups.
Okay so the long part:
I have never been able to do a pullup, but have always admired those women who could. It would be a great feeling to be able to lift my own self. I've tried those assisted-pull-ups, and I need about 100 pounds assistance to do one pull-up. I guess you could say I have a long ways to go
I am 5'6" and weigh 203 pounds. It's mostly fat. This is actually just about the heaviest I've ever been, but I've been chubby my whole life and obese for the past five years. Ironically, I am more comfortable with my body and my weight than I've ever been, which is nice because it affords me the patience to get in shape the right way. I want to lose weight for several reasons: to avoid health complications like diabetes which is common in my family, to look better, to be able to buy non-hideous clothes at normal stores, and of course to fulfill my pull-up goal. I want to get down to about 155 because that's the weight I carried when I was active and eating normally. Also, looking back, I looked good despite the tummy I have a slow metabolism, big breasts, and a large frame, so I don't see a size 0 in my future
More than losing weight, I want to get into shape and live a more active lifestyle. I feel better when I am active, and I know that's the number one thing to keeping myself healthy. It also helps keep me sane, which is a good thing
Ever since I quit sports my senior year in high school, I have made attempts to get in shape. I usually quit again after a month or two. I started working out again I guess July 1st. This was during summer school. I started lifting about 2-3 times a week. I also played a lot of basketball and did some other cardio, not usually too intensly. I ate pretty well, but it was a struggle. I think I improved my core nutrition, but still overdid the bad stuff. I came home on August 4th, and things semi-fell apart. I have spent most of the last two weeks lying on the couch wathing TV, and have done very little cardio. Thankfully, though, I haven't let it all go, which is quite a change from my past patterns! I continued to lift, upping the intensity and going 3-5 days a week. I have also been eating fairly healthfully, although my body is going through shock with the sudden fiber increase! I should note that I have been binging though. Mostly because I have access to stores and my favorite foods that I can't get when I'm at school, and I have nothing to do all day.
Through reading, I saw there were problems with losing weight and gaining muscle mass at the same time. Now I'm not interested in gaining mass, but I am definetly interested in gaining strength. Will a calorie deficit impede my progress? Also, what sort of nutrition do I need to optimally gain strength? I have been doing two sets of 8-12 reps for my arms and back. Every other time I do the second set with higher weight and lower reps.
If it's true that the calorie deficit and the cardio would greatly impede strength gain, I had an idea, that maybe I could alternate periods of strength gain and weight loss. So I would spend a period of time trying to gain strength, and then another period maintaining strength and trying to lose weight. I was thinking one cycle of weights which is six times (twice through a split of back+biceps+abs, legs, and chest+triceps+shoulders+abs) which in general takes me 8-14 days to do. And then I dunno maybe a week of trying to up the cardio and just maintain the lifting and lowering calories. I kinda want to lose a pound a week, but I can do it slower if necessary, and I figure the extra muscle will be helpful in the long run. I dunno is this a silly idea? I've never heard of anybody else doing it. I really have no clue how long the periods should be if it were a good idea anyways.
Thanks in advance!
I want to do a pullup. I have 100 pounds to make up. I want to lose about 50 pounds and gain 50 pounds of strength. I know it will take a while, I think at least a year to lose the weight, and I'm not quite sure how long to gain the strength. I want to gain upper-body strength, but I'm not really interested in bulking up (Not that I am worried about it; I suspect I'm a hard-gainer anyways, plus I'm a girl). So I'm fishing for advice on how to combine weight-loss with strength gains, and what exercises would be best for pull-ups.
Okay so the long part:
I have never been able to do a pullup, but have always admired those women who could. It would be a great feeling to be able to lift my own self. I've tried those assisted-pull-ups, and I need about 100 pounds assistance to do one pull-up. I guess you could say I have a long ways to go
I am 5'6" and weigh 203 pounds. It's mostly fat. This is actually just about the heaviest I've ever been, but I've been chubby my whole life and obese for the past five years. Ironically, I am more comfortable with my body and my weight than I've ever been, which is nice because it affords me the patience to get in shape the right way. I want to lose weight for several reasons: to avoid health complications like diabetes which is common in my family, to look better, to be able to buy non-hideous clothes at normal stores, and of course to fulfill my pull-up goal. I want to get down to about 155 because that's the weight I carried when I was active and eating normally. Also, looking back, I looked good despite the tummy
I have a slow metabolism, big breasts, and a large frame, so I don't see a size 0 in my future More than losing weight, I want to get into shape and live a more active lifestyle. I feel better when I am active, and I know that's the number one thing to keeping myself healthy. It also helps keep me sane, which is a good thing
Ever since I quit sports my senior year in high school, I have made attempts to get in shape. I usually quit again after a month or two. I started working out again I guess July 1st. This was during summer school. I started lifting about 2-3 times a week. I also played a lot of basketball and did some other cardio, not usually too intensly. I ate pretty well, but it was a struggle. I think I improved my core nutrition, but still overdid the bad stuff. I came home on August 4th, and things semi-fell apart. I have spent most of the last two weeks lying on the couch wathing TV, and have done very little cardio. Thankfully, though, I haven't let it all go, which is quite a change from my past patterns! I continued to lift, upping the intensity and going 3-5 days a week. I have also been eating fairly healthfully, although my body is going through shock with the sudden fiber increase!
I should note that I have been binging though. Mostly because I have access to stores and my favorite foods that I can't get when I'm at school, and I have nothing to do all day. Through reading, I saw there were problems with losing weight and gaining muscle mass at the same time. Now I'm not interested in gaining mass, but I am definetly interested in gaining strength. Will a calorie deficit impede my progress? Also, what sort of nutrition do I need to optimally gain strength? I have been doing two sets of 8-12 reps for my arms and back. Every other time I do the second set with higher weight and lower reps.
If it's true that the calorie deficit and the cardio would greatly impede strength gain, I had an idea, that maybe I could alternate periods of strength gain and weight loss. So I would spend a period of time trying to gain strength, and then another period maintaining strength and trying to lose weight. I was thinking one cycle of weights which is six times (twice through a split of back+biceps+abs, legs, and chest+triceps+shoulders+abs) which in general takes me 8-14 days to do. And then I dunno maybe a week of trying to up the cardio and just maintain the lifting and lowering calories. I kinda want to lose a pound a week, but I can do it slower if necessary, and I figure the extra muscle will be helpful in the long run. I dunno is this a silly idea? I've never heard of anybody else doing it. I really have no clue how long the periods should be if it were a good idea anyways.
Thanks in advance!
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