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2005/02/21, 05:43 PM
Hey all,
I spend a lot of time reading through old post on here and have a question. I understand I can't loose weight and expect to gain mass size in muscle. Its one or the other. My body right now is about 215lbs and it fluxes a bit. I have been doing my weight training for almost 2 months now, doing it 4-5 days a week with little cardio. Until I started I would say my body would be more on fatty side. (just being honest) I have noticed my arms seem more tone, and my strength has definatly increased. My belly area appears smaller. The girlfriend also notices change. I was taking an ECA stack for a fat burner and energy, and take my whey shakes after workout and another during the day, glutamine, and cratine. My worry is that I am going to have a more of a chunky frame, and be strong as apposed to looking somewhat fit and keeping size.
Am I on the right track? I just want to have a somewhat fit looking figure but keep my wight 200 give or go. Will doing the weights help fight off excess body fat? I understand that muscle does not litteraly "eat" fat but does it help in getting ride of it? My diet is not perfect, I do have the odd beer, but nothing excessive and I keep a pretty healthy diet.
Sorry for the long post, just a bit confused as to my goals right now. I want to keep my size, but just not all the fat. I do want to bulk up and gain size is muscle weight.
Thanks to who ever reads this. JOHN
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2005/02/22, 02:26 AM
yes muscle helps keep fat off by keeping your metabolic rate higher...ie burning more calories...some of which is fat....
yes weight lifting helps keep weight off...so does cardio...which you should be doing....
even if your weight remains the same, your body is getting more muscular(gaining new muscle) while losign fat...and msucle outweighs fat...so you may even gain soem weight....hence the toned look u're noticing...
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2005/02/22, 11:14 AM
I would recommend doing 2-3 days of cardio and 3-4 days of weights and take one day of complete rest. The best cardio to do is HIIT. This is a great way to burn large amount of calories but not burn muscle which is what low intensity cardio will result in. Also it is not time consuming. To get more info. on HIIT do a Fitbuddy search at the bottom of the screen.
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2005/02/22, 12:58 PM
The best thing I've learned from being on FT is that each additional pound of muscle burns approx. 35 calories, even while you are at rest!! (Did I get that right, guys?!) SO, being the bodybuilders they are here, they have taught many of us that to build muscle is to burn more calories! If you chose to lose faster, you can do the cardio, but the results are certainly not the same. Personally, I know the results will be a bit slower to attain, but I don't want to lose muscle, so I am doing the weights but I have added HIIT 3 days approx. Good luck with your goals!!
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2005/02/22, 01:06 PM
It varies from person to person but I believe on average it is 50-60 calories that are burnt for every pound of muscle.
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2005/02/23, 10:48 AM
thanks for the post all. that is what i was looking for. so i guess i will just keep on, keepin on and enjoy what comes my way. i like the idea of hiit and think i will do the hiit training 2 days a week, and continue my current cycle of 4 days of weights. I usually throw in a 5th however as I feel lazy having 3 days off.
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2005/02/23, 12:12 PM
Make sure that you have at least one complete day of rest. Also if you do cardio and weights on the same day try to separate them by 6-8 hours. You need all the energy you can have to fuel your weight workout, so you do no want to do cardio right before you lift. You ideally do not want to do cardio right after lifting either. You should have depleted all energy if you have done an intense enough workout, so if you do cardio right after lifting then your body is going to turn to muscle to burn for fuel.
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Quoting from johnjr:
thanks for the post all. that is what i was looking for. so i guess i will just keep on, keepin on and enjoy what comes my way. i like the idea of hiit and think i will do the hiit training 2 days a week, and continue my current cycle of 4 days of weights. I usually throw in a 5th however as I feel lazy having 3 days off.
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