Losing weight (no running)

[molineuxmen]

hi guys, first off just wanna say hi and that i think all of you who contribute to this forum are doing an excellent job with all the advice you give.

now if you can help me i will be really grateful!!

i am just returning from cruicate ligament reconstruction and in the last few months have gained around a stone and a half in weight!

are there any training regimes that you could give me to help me loose this excess weight that dont involve running as i have been told to wait a couple more months before road work! im really looking at losing the weight in 2-3 months.

many thanks

[pare]

hi guys, first off just wanna say hi and that i think all of you who contribute to this forum are doing an excellent job with all the advice you give.

now if you can help me i will be really grateful!!

i am just returning from cruicate ligament reconstruction and in the last few months have gained around a stone and a half in weight!

are there any training regimes that you could give me to help me loose this excess weight that dont involve running as i have been told to wait a couple more months before road work! im really looking at losing the weight in 2-3 months.

many thanks

you have access to a punching bag?
do 8 rounds. 6 rounds of combinations, 2 rounds of up-downs (do say 100 continuous straights alternating right and lefts, then immediately do 100 continuous uppercuts to the body - alternate until the round is over, and make sure you focus on speed not power and with good technique of course - sorry if this is a shit explanation).
you can lessen the number of rounds if you are doing as part of a larger workout.
my 2c.

[Goose]

Im assuming that you cant skip rope either or put alot of weight on your knees, otherwise I would suggest to just skiprope.

Since you are not doing any roadwork, go and hit a heavybag for a bunch of rounds, or if you have access to a pool start swimming laps.

If you cant use your legs too much for weightlifting do a whole buch of isometrics, plyometrics, and focus on working large muscles of the upperbody chest and back.

[RDJ]

Swimming, cycling if possible (did a lot of it myself with a bum knee), canoeing perhaps, that's the sort of thing I would look into. And of course good old fashioned shadowboxing and bagwork.

[molineuxmen]

thanks for the advice so far Pare, Goose and RDJ.

i will defo be investing in a heavy bag then!

never done any heavy bag work at home, only in the gym, does it matter what type of heavy bag i use? ie price wise i notice on sugar rays he has an inflatable punch thing for £10. will this be any good or will it just waste a tenner?

[JudgeDredd]

you get what you pay for really

[Jennifer Love Hewitt]

Losing weight is mostly about what (how much) you eat.

Aside form methods already mentioned. lifting weights/body weight exercises will help you lose weight too. You could do push ups and pull ups (will your leg hold up for lower body stuff?)

[Irish84]

Eating less before you sleep is a good thing, it means you wont be eating food you cannot burn off while sleeping, and you will feel more fresh when you wake up. But do eat something like brown/wheaten bread to have some energy in the morn incase you need to train then.

Also replacing juice/carbonated drinks with water helps, i read somewhere that if you do that you will lose roughly 2kg within the first month due to all the sugar in carbonated drinks and juice.

[molineuxmen]

many thanks for all the replies!

will be putting into action the advice given.

[pare]

thanks for the advice so far Pare, Goose and RDJ.

i will defo be investing in a heavy bag then!

never done any heavy bag work at home, only in the gym, does it matter what type of heavy bag i use? ie price wise i notice on sugar rays he has an inflatable punch thing for £10. will this be any good or will it just waste a tenner?

i'd guess the "inflatable punch thing" wouldn't weigh that much. from my own experience, i think a heavy bag should be at least 20kg otherwise you don't get the same resistance and you don't sweat as much.

[dwkfym]

I got a friend who got ready for a bodybuilding competition and got ABSOLUTELY cut up just from weightlifting, proper diet, and metabolism management and hard lifting.

IMO he'd have had much an easier time he had just run, biked, rowing machine, etc or some kind of cardio. Even low intensity cardio for 40+ mins help a lot.

[AnyMeans]

Look into some Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and just focus on the ground grappling and not really the stand-up grappling. It's fun, you'll lose weight, and alot of schools focus on just flowing with technique. So you have less chance of getting injured or really damaging your knees.

[viru§™]

IMO he'd have had much an easier time he had just run, biked, rowing machine, etc or some kind of cardio. Even low intensity cardio for 40+ mins help a lot.


Help to burn muscle as well as fat yes. Weightlifting can be extremely effective for fat burning, better then running, biking and rowing in fact.

[SouthpawSlayer]

a cruciate ligament injury is bad but after a while you will be able to run no probs, its turning that the cruciate ligament is involved so running on a threadmill in a straight line is sweet, anything involving pivoting turning etc will involve the cruciate inducings stress, for now as said before swimming cycling rowing is all grand, even some walking

[Saltzy]

If I recall George Foreman in his comeback did very little roadwork and sparring and he lost a ton of weight. Possibly figure out exactly what he did?

[Primadonna Kool]

If I recall George Foreman in his comeback did very little roadwork and sparring and he lost a ton of weight. Possibly figure out exactly what he did?

Chopping Wood..

Pulling trucks......

[thejokerswild]

speed bag could be an option for you. both that and the punching bag in conjunction with a realistic diet. I see you achieving your goal.

swimming is prbably the best idea though, considering the rehab qualities with treading water.

one other thing, don't forget you burn a lot of energy while weight lifting. If you just use the machines there i'm sure you could burn off some cals on the pec deck, lat pull down or something.

[Mazallan]

Chopping Wood..

Pulling trucks......


Nah he invented an high teck lean mean grilling machine to cook his food. The rest is history. ;)

[ChrisKim47]

do lots of situps. I think they are referred to as crunches. lay down, knees bent, and keep your hands on your thighs. lift yourself up till your hands get to the other side of your knees. do this until you burn out. use that number and do it 3 more times. 4 sets always gogo.