Questions for the experts??

I have a few questions and was hoping someone in here can answer them!
Firstly I read on here I think that you shouldn't do resistance training every day, does anyone know why you shouldn't? I have a wee circuit I do every day but about half of it is resisitance training. Is that okay or is it better to do the full half and hour of running every second day?
Secondly realistically how long does it take to see change and how often do you weigh/measure yourself? I'm not really that concerned about 'losing weight' it's more losing the flab and replacing it with muscle hopefully.

Thanks!!

Hiya,

Im not going to say im an "expert" but Im qualified, so I will have a go at answering your queries.

In regards to resistance training.

Muscle is broken down when you train and the theory is that you need rest to make it heal and grow stronger and bigger (you will get stronger before any visual changes happen in the muscle).

So you could technically do upper body one day and lower body the next giving your muscles a break.

However with circuit training, your not really doing enough to cause any real damage, so you are probably safe enough doing it every day.

Your visual changes will vary depending on what you look like to start with, how often you train and what you eat, but they can happen quite quickly!

I personally do my measures each week (same day, same time).

Hope that helps a wee bit.

I have a question as well - recently at work we started our own little biggest loser, and week 1 went amazingly well for us all (everyone lost between 1 and 4kgs) Week 2, we're all still on track, and yet 90% of us have gained (not much - between 200g and 1kg) but its still disheartening.

Is there a reason why this is happening? What can we all do as a team to get results happening for week 3?