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Comment author: [deleted] 25 March 2012 11:24:28AM *  0 points [-]

[weightlifting] is the most time-efficient way of affecting your weight through exercise

Affecting it upwards, you mean. The goal of body builders wasn't exactly to become skinnier last time I checked. (The caveat is that muscle is denser than fat, so if you gain muscle while keeping your total weight constant you'll look skinnier.)

Comment author: wedrifid 25 March 2012 12:43:23PM *  4 points [-]

[weightlifting] is the most time-efficient way of affecting your weight through exercise

Affecting it upwards, you mean.

No, downwards. For anyone with a significant amount of fat and underdeveloped muscles.

The goal of body builders wasn't exactly to become skinnier last time I checked.

It usually isn't. Yet this is not incompatible with body building being an efficient form of weight loss.