Okay, I have been battling fat for a while now. I started lifting and doing cardio over 2 years ago. I started out at 250 and got as low as 190. Over the past year I have had work and home stress and put on weight. I was still lifting but cut back on the cardio.
Positive side is that I increased my PRs. I have some muscle to show for it and don’t look that bad in a Large t-shirt. Considering I wouldn’t wear anything smaller that a XL 4 years ago. Now I am 235 and ready to get back on track.
I have recently gotten a job closer to home so I can walk to work. It is about a mile round trip if I don’t need to take care of errands after work. Also I am on my feet between 6-8 hours a day.
My questions are:
Since I am on my feet so much should I cut back on my leg training? Right now I Squat and Dead twice a week but not during the same workout. It makes it harder to walk to work the next day. I also do 15-20 min on the inclined treadmill after lifting. I want to start doing HIIT Sprints at a local park in a month or so to increase the fat loss.
Does anyone have any programs for fat loss that don’t involve supersets? I get to the gym around 3 pm. It’s not packed but it’s not dead either which makes supersets a pain to do. I can get to the gym earlier on my days off but they are back-to-back and I’ve seen on here that I may need a day off in between superset training days.
Also I am saving up some money so I can start the V Diet. I checked out the Physique Clinincs everyday and liked the results of the V Diet. Shedding pounds and changing tastes are my kind of results.
Anyway if you made it through this, thanks for reading all of this and any input would be greatly appreciated.
The V-Diet is not for fat loss on a large scale IMO. It is more like a competition cutting diet… I would stick to clean eating and working out harder if I were you. In the end it will definitely pay off much better.
If you can’t do supersets, I suggest just lowering the weight to low-medium, medium… and doing say 10 more reps than normal and up the intensity… Anything to get your heart goin.
I disagree with the above statement that the V-Diet is not good for people with significant amounts of weight to drop, and I think it was designed for people who were significantly overweight with bad diets to help them get on track.
I’d keep the leg training. The walking will probably aid in recovery, although you might have to reduce the loading/volume if it starts to affect you at work. Walking/sprints/biking etc. is not a substitute for squatting.
Try some barbell complexes instead of supersets. Just grab a barbell and some free space. If there is none, grab the bar from a bench press station and move the bench a little. I would also suggest getting creative and figuring out some superset combos you can do at the same piece of equipment in the gym.
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I disagree with the above statement that the V-Diet is not good for people with significant amounts of weight to drop, and I think it was designed for people who were significantly overweight with bad diets to help them get on track.
I’d keep the leg training. The walking will probably aid in recovery, although you might have to reduce the loading/volume if it starts to affect you at work. Walking/sprints/biking etc. is not a substitute for squatting.
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I agree with theuofh, if you have the means to do the V-Diet, it will do wonders for you. It works both during the program and after to help you keep those changes and continue making them.
And keep the leg training for sure as it’s going to help you burn more fat and in the long run. If you are looking to get rid leg work because of soreness, cut out the Incline after training.
Obviously the diet works. But not all the feedback is positive. Read, and take a stroll through the v-diet forums. In my experience, taking the calories as low as they are on the v-diet caused my metabolism to crash and killed future fat loss for a time there. For me, slow and steady is the way to go.
Obviously the diet works. But not all the feedback is positive. Read, and take a stroll through the v-diet forums. In my experience, taking the calories as low as they are on the v-diet caused my metabolism to crash and killed future fat loss for a time there. For me, slow and steady is the way to go.[/quote]
Pretty interesting thread. I can definitely understand why the V-Diet doesn’t work for everyone, but it did wonders when I tried it. It gave benefits that I’ve managed to still keep.
I’ve followed the V-Diet as well. Thing is until I won’t be attempting it until I know for a fact I’ve stalled with a proper solid food diet. Once I’ve given a dialed in diet some time to work, and I’m still not where I want to be, then I’ll entertain the notion of the V-Diet.
IMHO it’s not a fixall for people, which it seems how a lot of people are taking it. Everyone thinks “holy cow 28 days and all that fat loss” I don’t think it’s the way to go for someone UNLESS they’ve exhausted all “healthy” avenues of fat loss. How do people think that they can be strict enough to follow a liquid diet when they can’t follow a healthy one?
Not saying you don’t have the fortitude to follow the V-Diet OP, but have you tried dialing in your current diet?
I will work in some complexes into my workouts. I also will try lowering my rest time between sets from 1-2 minutes to a minute or less to keep my heart rate up.
My diet is off but not by much. I need to get into a routine at my new job so I can work in a quick bite during my shift. The only non-clean meal I eat is dinner. With that I just eat a smaller portion. When I get a day off with nothing to do I need to look at my diet with fitday and adjust it.
I don’t plan on doing the V-Diet right away. It may start during the winter.
For me my dinner is the one that affects me the most. I can somewhat “cheat” on breakfast as long as I’m getting some good protein, but the dinner is the one that determines how well I sleep, and how well I feel the next day. Granted it’s all gut instinct but I’d also be willing to bet that it’s what has sparked the fat loss I’ve been seeing as well.
One thing I thought about before going full bore into the V-Diet is doing the “lite” version. Just having a shake for dinner, and or breakfast. (more than likely just dinner though) I have to do some more research because I sometimes workout around 7pm so would want to determine how that will affect me.