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Gaining muscle and losing weight

elpea120 Posts: 69 Joined: 2006/12/17	2007/08/06, 12:39 PM Soon i am going to start cross country running. After lots of research and stuff i have concluded that it is very hard to lose fat, and gain muscle while running 5 to 6 days a week. Obviously to gain weight you need as many calories as possible, and to lose weight it is quite the opposite. And on top of that ive heard that running long distance actually depletes muscle. So is gaining muscle and losing weight at the same time even possible? Is there like a compromise? Ive been wrapping my head around this concept for some time now.
elpea120 Posts: 69 Joined: 2006/12/17	2007/08/06, 12:42 PM i mean " obviously to gain MUSCLE weight you need as many calories as possible"
elpea120 Posts: 69 Joined: 2006/12/17	2007/08/06, 01:02 PM ok....i meant "obviously to gain muscle weight you need as many calories as possible. and to lose FAT weight it is quite the opposite." They should really have an edit button on this forum....
healthyhome Posts: 3 Joined: 2007/08/20	2007/08/21, 11:59 AM I would say that is wrong you need Protein to gain muscle. And Muscle will burn fat faster. I use a couple products for this like protein shakes and exercise bars.
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2007/08/21, 03:11 PM No, I don't think you can gain much muscle with endurance based running 5-6 days per week. I'd focus more on cutting down and losing body fat. When the season is over hit the weights hard. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't lift though. Lifting will help you keep the muscle you already have.