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Which is better, using your own body weight or lifting metal weights to work out?

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Asked By: MarquisDeLeon 22-25, M  9 months ago

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  1. Southpaugh - 18-21 years old

    Posted by Southpaugh Aug 4th, 2012 at 7:53AM

    Weights work your muscles in ways you cannot using body weight alone--because you have to control the movement of something which is not part of your body, but it comes down to what you prefer. If you have a good routine using only body weight, you never need a gym! But, don't forget that cardio is by FAR the best thing for you to do as far as overall health benefits, so you should always do both in a workout.

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  2. MarquisDeLeon - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by MarquisDeLeon Aug 4th, 2012 at 1:29PM

    Thank you, I am definitely going to keep cardio in mind from now on.

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  3. Southpaugh - 18-21 years old

    Reply by Southpaugh Aug 5th, 2012 at 1:54AM

    I have been into physical culture since I began to run seriously in my early 20s. I was amazed how out of shape I was considering that I spent many years as a boy and young man playing football, basketball, and baseball. Anyway, I studied how to work out and found that if you just lift weights or do push-up, etc. then your heart doesn't get that much more efficient. Another way to put it is that cardio makes your heart beat less often because the heart muscle has more blood flowing to it and the heart itself gets bigger inside. So, with each stroke your heart is sending more blood to your lungs and to your body. Your resting and working heartbeat therefore decreases and your BP goes down. If you just lift and lift a lot of weight, your heart muscle becomes 'enlarged', which means that the thickness of the muscle gets greater but there is no increased blood flow and the heart cannot pump more blood with with stroke. So, essentially, your 'weight lifting heart' is starving for blood and oxygen, and is probably LESS efficient. Do this long enough and you'll have an infarction or heart attack. Therefore, if you only have time to do one thing, make it cardio, cardio, cardio--if you take care of your heart, it will take care of you. Of course, eating well and not too much, and reducing stress are also very important (& cutting back on the booze). Cheers mate.

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  4. Tatteredheart - 16-17 years old - male

    Posted by Tatteredheart Aug 4th, 2012 at 4:19AM

    I use my own body weight. About 150 push ups a day and like if I where to guess 340 to 400 sit ups a day.

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  5. MarquisDeLeon - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by MarquisDeLeon Aug 4th, 2012 at 4:29AM

    You do those reps all at once in a fast pace or slow?

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  6. Tatteredheart - 16-17 years old - male

    Reply by Tatteredheart Aug 4th, 2012 at 4:34AM

    No through out the day. 70 sit ups 5-10 times (usually every to every other hours) and the push ups vary through out the day.

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