Sassy69
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I'm kinda confused & I may just be skipping over basic logic, however... the general suggestion for chix who want to lose some bf is to eat a clean diet & lift heavy. Every time I have eaten clean & lifted heavy, I end up looking like a power lifter. I am one of those people who can build muscle quickly, but also gain fat easily. For me, cardio has been the primary diff between turning into a "power lifter" or leaning out like a body builder. (Please note that when I refer to looking like a power lifter, I dont' mean literally starting to look like Hannibal or beign able to manage the 300 lb deadlifts, but mostly just NOT leaning out like a body builder.)
Basically my last trainer wouldn't let me do a lot of cardio in prep for a competition because he said I would be overtraining. My lifting was heavy & high speed (not millions of reps but short intervals between sets, etc.) and eating on the order of 2500 cal. And I ended up attempting to do a show at 12% bf (what a JOKE.). The show I did before that one & also the one I'm prepping for now, I'm doign on the order of an hour and 20 min of cardio / day (1 hr in the AM , 20 min after training) and I'm getting significant results after 2 weeks.
Why is this? Is the use of cardio to cut more valuable based on your body type? E.g. spatts is a seasoned competitive sprinter and lifts heavy & does some cardio. New has said the same thing. (heavy weights, lite cardio). I've been primarily lifting & doing non-cardio sports for a number of years. Its been demonstrated that I can't lean out w/o some serious cardio.
I'm just making observations and would like to understand the science behind this.... Any comments?
Basically my last trainer wouldn't let me do a lot of cardio in prep for a competition because he said I would be overtraining. My lifting was heavy & high speed (not millions of reps but short intervals between sets, etc.) and eating on the order of 2500 cal. And I ended up attempting to do a show at 12% bf (what a JOKE.). The show I did before that one & also the one I'm prepping for now, I'm doign on the order of an hour and 20 min of cardio / day (1 hr in the AM , 20 min after training) and I'm getting significant results after 2 weeks.
Why is this? Is the use of cardio to cut more valuable based on your body type? E.g. spatts is a seasoned competitive sprinter and lifts heavy & does some cardio. New has said the same thing. (heavy weights, lite cardio). I've been primarily lifting & doing non-cardio sports for a number of years. Its been demonstrated that I can't lean out w/o some serious cardio.
I'm just making observations and would like to understand the science behind this.... Any comments?