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Originally Posted by Carlitoz3
I'm a 'little' overweight.
5'9 190 pounds.
Should I lift heavy to turn my fat into muscle or focus on cardio first and drop a few pounds? I'm trying to get ripped, not to bulky.
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From my experience of over twenty years in the Iron game a combo of both would work well.
Cardio coupled with progressive weight training would transform your Body best.
Muscle weighs more than Fat so as you melt of the Fat with Cardio exercise and perform weight training your results would make you most satisfied.
Example start off with Bench Press of 105 for a set of 12 reps; set 2 135 for 10 reps; set 3 165 for 8 reps. Perform that for two weeks and increase the weights. The progressive weight increase would challenge your muscles and increase the muscular size.
Do that with each exercise that you perform and give it six weeks and check your results in a mirror and see.
Just a small sample.
Old School method from an old Gym Rat