I am 20 5'7 and 197 pounds I can run about a 25 minute 5 km Does my weight have a huge factor in my running I lift weight hard 6 days a week and run about 4 to 5. Does liftin weights make me gain?

Answer 1

Your ideal weight should be between 140 and 150 lbs, and depends on if you are male or female, and how large your frame is. The only likely factor that your weight will have in your running would be knee and lower back problems. If you are lifting, it means you're building muscle, which is burning more calories. So, if you do the combination of lifting and running, you will burn more and more calories and lose fat weight ever faster. Muscle does weigh more than fat, so if you build enough muscle mass, you will gain weight. However, you won't notice the gain until you have very little fat left on your body. It will just seem like you are losing weight more slowly, although that does not mean you are losing fat more slowly.

You have to burn about 3500 calories to lose one pound of fat. If you have more muscle in your body, you will burn 3500 calories faster than if you had less muscle.

If you are lifting hard 6 days a week, be careful not to work the same muscle group two days in a row. Your body needs time to recover and rebuild the muscle fiber.