Builtlean: Guidelines to Lose Fat, Not Muscle

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Max King of the Wild said:

JayWood2010 said:

Max King of the Wild said:
I tried doing circuits. My chest gets really tight and I can't breath. My lung collapsed 6 years ago. I don't know if that's the cause or if I just developed asthma or something.

I can run a little less than I mile before I start weezing (outdoors) and a lot longer in. It's unfortunate because I am starting to gain a lot of weight. I used to be really skinny and like 135lbs. Now I'm probably close to 150-160 with it being fat.

Circuits has a lot of cardio in it and if you have problems with your lungs I wouldn't recomend it.Try doing basic lifting routines if you can handle it and eat correctly.  It may take a little longer to lose the weight but slowly but surely you will get back to where you want to be.

Thanks, I've been wanting to loose weight but couldn't. People have reccommended to keep doing cardio and my lung capacity and stamina will build up but I don't think they understand how painful it is.

I never thought of lifting weights because I didn't want to build muscle ontop of the fat. 150lbs wouldn't be bad if i were lean.

If u have breathing problems when u run, just do a brisk walk instead, it still burns calories and is lower impact on ur knees and less raxing on the lungs. U can also slowly build ur way up to goin faster. As for lifting weights, if u do reletively light weights and high reps u will build muscle endurance and more lean muscle opposed to getting bulky