Anyone have recommendations on books or podcasts that will outline a good workout strategy for using resistance training to lose weight?
You should try CrossFit. My brother is a gym-rat and says this has destroyed him since day one. It's multi-faceted and inherently cheap if you have the equipment but even if you don't they have alternate techniques. CrossFit is the site and they post a new WOTD (work-out of the day) each day. The following is the Wiki post to further explain it.
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning fitness methodology. Its stated goal is to create "the quintessential athlete, equal parts gymnast, Olympic weightlifter and sprinter." Crossfit is not sport-specific and promotes broad and general overall physical fitness. Its growing popularity has been fueled by an open source and virtual community Internet model.
CrossFit maintains that proficiency is required in each of 10 fitness domains: cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, agility, balance, coordination, and accuracy. CrossFit says it increases work capacity and speed in these domains by provoking neurologic and hormonal adaptations across all metabolic pathways. The program's weightlifting component includes complex, compound movements with heavy loads. CrossFit also uses kettlebells, gymnastics rings, pull-up bars and many calisthenics exercises. CrossFit may call on athletes to run, row, climb ropes, jump up on boxes, flip giant tires, and carry odd objects. They can also bounce medicine balls against the floor or a target on a wall.
Hope this helped.
-Bryan
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I'd recommend p90x
Since you want to use resistance training, I'm guessing you are looking for overall health improvements and strength, which happen to also lead to wight loss. P90X is fairly cheap and requires very limited equipment. It mixes strength, cardio, and flexibility training. 12 workouts, changed up ever 3-4 weeks so you avoid a plateau.
The workouts mix up a lot of different moves and move quickly from one exercise to the next. Its similar to crossfit in that way I suppose. However, crossfit is normally a group class, and at least what I've seen in this area it's outrageously expensive. P90X you can do by yourself, or do it with a partner and have hour long pushup and pullup contests.
I recommend the Abs-Diet great book and web tools. I am currently using it and it works great. "Site"http://www.absdiet.com/uof/absdiet/noemail/
There are a variety of websites that offer podcasts of workouts. Try www.itrain.com
They have just what you're looking for.
Stronglifts 5×5 is FREE and uses big, compound barbell movements and body weight support movements to make you functionally strong while losing body fat (not necessarily weight).
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You should try CrossFit. My brother is a gym-rat and says this has destroyed him since day one. It's multi-faceted and inherently cheap if you have the equipment but even if you don't they have alternate techniques. CrossFit is the site and they post a new WOTD (work-out of the day) each day. The following is the Wiki post to further explain it.
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning fitness methodology. Its stated goal is to create "the quintessential athlete, equal parts gymnast, Olympic weightlifter and sprinter." Crossfit is not sport-specific and promotes broad and general overall physical fitness. Its growing popularity has been fueled by an open source and virtual community Internet model.
CrossFit maintains that proficiency is required in each of 10 fitness domains: cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, agility, balance, coordination, and accuracy. CrossFit says it increases work capacity and speed in these domains by provoking neurologic and hormonal adaptations across all metabolic pathways. The program's weightlifting component includes complex, compound movements with heavy loads. CrossFit also uses kettlebells, gymnastics rings, pull-up bars and many calisthenics exercises. CrossFit may call on athletes to run, row, climb ropes, jump up on boxes, flip giant tires, and carry odd objects. They can also bounce medicine balls against the floor or a target on a wall.
Hope this helped.
-Bryan