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Sassy69
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This also graphically illustrates the difference that building muscle makes to the bodyfat measure. You can be extremelly lean & be a higher bodyfat % if you are light in the muscle area - that soooo tells you (esp women!) how important it is to have some solid muscle. Otherwise you will forever be trying to "tone up & get lean" but you will never look as good as you will w/ a little extra muscle. On me 12% is nothing fantastic - certainly not as lean as Buns looks at 12%. I literally have to get down to 7-8% to get the same lean look that she has.
nelmsjer said:I am most impressed by your 20 lb. weight gain at a lower bodyfat percentage from April to August!!!! That is AMAZING.
This also graphically illustrates the difference that building muscle makes to the bodyfat measure. You can be extremelly lean & be a higher bodyfat % if you are light in the muscle area - that soooo tells you (esp women!) how important it is to have some solid muscle. Otherwise you will forever be trying to "tone up & get lean" but you will never look as good as you will w/ a little extra muscle. On me 12% is nothing fantastic - certainly not as lean as Buns looks at 12%. I literally have to get down to 7-8% to get the same lean look that she has.
nelmsjer
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Sassy, that is an excellent point. I have been reading with more and more frequency about the philosophy of simply taking an extended period of time (an entire year) to devote to intelligent muscle gain. If one has the mental stability and long-term viewpoint, it makes sense. By adding 10-20 lbs. of muscle in 1 year, someone can take care of what most people spend 2 years of frustration trying to accomplish. I think for most people, however, it is difficult to consider because of perceived image issues.
At any rate, I don't want to hijack *Bunny*'s thread, but I couldn't agree with you more. Adding muscle makes a large difference in bodyfat percentage that is much easier to maintain, compared to achieving and maintaining a bodyfat percentage with less muscle.
Sassy, that is an excellent point. I have been reading with more and more frequency about the philosophy of simply taking an extended period of time (an entire year) to devote to intelligent muscle gain. If one has the mental stability and long-term viewpoint, it makes sense. By adding 10-20 lbs. of muscle in 1 year, someone can take care of what most people spend 2 years of frustration trying to accomplish. I think for most people, however, it is difficult to consider because of perceived image issues.
At any rate, I don't want to hijack *Bunny*'s thread, but I couldn't agree with you more. Adding muscle makes a large difference in bodyfat percentage that is much easier to maintain, compared to achieving and maintaining a bodyfat percentage with less muscle.
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I haven't done cardio in TWO WEEKS and with the lower bf, I only gain a fraction of what I did back then - whatever I eat.
I've really been seeing this lately. At 23% bf, I REALLY had to watch the carb intake and get my cardio in.nelmsjer said:
I haven't done cardio in TWO WEEKS and with the lower bf, I only gain a fraction of what I did back then - whatever I eat.
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LOL, women must be freaking out at the number... my old self would have been ... Not any more
For comparision standpoint, it was 187 ish last week so Im dropping water and tight diet is paying off. I am eating MAYBE 1800-1900 cals MINIMUM, just clean foods. I need to eat to keep the muscle... hopefully I'll be able to maintain most of it while cutting in a few weeks... we shall seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
IT'S FRIDAY YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nelmsjer said:
LOL, women must be freaking out at the number... my old self would have been ...
Not any more For comparision standpoint, it was 187 ish last week so Im dropping water and tight diet is paying off. I am eating MAYBE 1800-1900 cals MINIMUM, just clean foods. I need to eat to keep the muscle... hopefully I'll be able to maintain most of it while cutting in a few weeks... we shall seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
IT'S FRIDAY YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great Job!!! I'm so glad it's friday you have no idea!!!*Bunny* said:
LOL, women must be freaking out at the number... my old self would have been ...
For comparision standpoint, it was 187 ish last week so Im dropping water and tight diet is paying off. I am eating MAYBE 1800-1900 cals MINIMUM, just clean foods. I need to eat to keep the muscle... hopefully I'll be able to maintain most of it while cutting in a few weeks... we shall seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
IT'S FRIDAY YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nelmsjer
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I'm so glad that you are past that, now! Great feeling, isn't it?
I taught strength training and other fitness-related classes at Texas A&M for 6 years, and I taught and preached and begged and pleaded the entire time for women to forget the scale and the stupid number. Some get it, but unfortunately...most don't.
*Bunny* said:
LOL, women must be freaking out at the number... my old self would have been ...
I'm so glad that you are past that, now! Great feeling, isn't it?
I taught strength training and other fitness-related classes at Texas A&M for 6 years, and I taught and preached and begged and pleaded the entire time for women to forget the scale and the stupid number. Some get it, but unfortunately...most don't.
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