Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

Join group

gain muscle burn fat at same time?

kc101
kc101
Posts: 32
Joined: 2006/05/25
United States
2008/02/28, 02:27 PM
is it possible to build muscle and lose weight at the same time? If i'm trying to lose weight and i do weightlifting, will this preserve my muscle or cause greater muscle loss?
ecle5c
ecle5c
Posts: 1,312
Joined: 2003/07/10
United States
2008/02/28, 03:13 PM
Both gaining muscle and losing fat (weight) come down to the amount of calories that you are eating for most people. Simply put your body has a maintenance level that it requires on average per day. Eating more than that will aid you in building muscle, eating less with help with losing fat.

You wuold be better off to prioritize your goals, achieve one and then go for the other. Build muscle and then lose some fat, or vice versa.