Ask YC: How do you lose weight?

Re:Ask YC: How do you lose weight? by kingkongrevenge on Saturday April 19, 2008 @09:21PM (#168245)

That is a body building routine. Most people don't want to get a huge ass and well muscled but still protruding gut. It's also absurdly split up and apparently designed for someone already huge. Two different sets of squats AND deadlifts in the same day?! That is for some puffed up monster. That's just a complete waste of time for an athlete or someone going for fitness.

> Aerobic exercise is great, but you shouldn't do it to lose weight.

WTF? Distance is THE way to lose weight. There are a ton of bloated guys throwing around barbells. I never see a fat person making good time on the trails.

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Re:Ask YC: How do you lose weight? by kingnothing on Sunday April 20, 2008 @06:19PM (#168794)

>Most people don't want to get a huge ass and well muscled but still protruding gut.

You're not going to get huge overnight. It just doesn't happen and isn't something that anyone should even be remotely concerned with.

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Re:Ask YC: How do you lose weight? by attack on Saturday April 19, 2008 @09:26PM (#168246)

Actually, I saw quite a few fat people on the trails today. Not making good time, well that's physics.

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Re:Ask YC: How do you lose weight? by kingkongrevenge on Saturday April 19, 2008 @09:32PM (#168247)

I'll qualify that a lot of genuinely fat people have insulin sensitivity issues and increasing muscle mass is actually a higher priority than aerobic training for that reason. But if you're just pudgy? Distance burns that off lickety split.

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