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Author: Doin' my Best!
Date: 04-02-03 21:34
...I have a quick statement. I talked to a Bodybuilder at my Gym yesterday, and told him of my routine, and he said that although it's not totally impossible, he said it is really next to impossible for someone to lose weight, and gain muscle results at the same time. He said that it is counter productive. He suggested that i get off my really tough training schedule of hard weights first, and 45 minutes of cardio after 4 times a week. He rather suggested a routine of basically ALL Cardio, and Ab training, along with a very, very light weight workout AFTER Cardio, and even then, just like 1 set of each body part to keep the muscles from going completely un-active. He said it is better to have a good diet and cardio workout to rid yourself of almost all the extra fat that you have, and then start to rebuild with extra calories and protein and hard weight workouts. To look at him GM, it would be hard to say he is wrong.
Is this the strategy i should be using until i rid myself of that extra flab..( Not much, but i still have some )..around my mid-section and upper thigh areas ? He did say to not totally abandon weights, but, to keep it extremly light, and concentrate on alot of cardio.
What do you think ?
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Author: JohnM
Date: 04-02-03 22:14
Well you didnt ask me but i think your guy is full of @!#$ =p. Just because it is "more" effective to do one or the other, doesnt mean that you cant get both increased muscle mass, and decreased body fat at the same time. Its not some abnormal phenom for this to happen. Ive dropped 11% bodyfat, while dropping only a total of 15 lbs(which if i hadnt put on muscle would only account for about 6-7% of that.)
You "can" put on muscle and lose fat at the same time, no doubt. You can put on more muscle if you eat a calorie surplus however.
anyway my 2cp
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