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Cutting Weight/Fat vs Mass
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JJFigure
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For me:
Cutting = lower kcal/carb diet (anabolic/NHE diet), more cardio, and added EC, yohimbine hcl, and yohimburn.
Building muscle = clean diet but more kcals (still limited carbs); limited cardio.
Other than that, lifting and supplementation stays the same - lift as heavy as possible (2-6 rep range), and supplement daily multi, calcium, magnesium, potassium, glutamine, creatine, and sometimes glucosamine if the joints are bugging me.
Cutting = lower kcal/carb diet (anabolic/NHE diet), more cardio, and added EC, yohimbine hcl, and yohimburn.
Building muscle = clean diet but more kcals (still limited carbs); limited cardio.
Other than that, lifting and supplementation stays the same - lift as heavy as possible (2-6 rep range), and supplement daily multi, calcium, magnesium, potassium, glutamine, creatine, and sometimes glucosamine if the joints are bugging me.
Candi Barr
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One-hour cardio sessions before breakfast help me a lot when I'm trying to lean up. Also I have to just cut calories moderately and be patient. If I go too low my metabolism slows, I feel like a zombie, and I don't even lose any weight. I don't do well with stimulents or Yohimbine, can't sleep if I use them. But I'm just moderately lean, nothing like some of these people who compete.
For me, building muscle helped me to cut body fat. The most important thing was a good diet that provided sufficient protein/carbs/fats w/o being too much that I put on fat. Eating too few calories/nutrients can actually make the body hold onto fat (it won't grow any muscle either).
I increased my weight training to 4x a week and cut back my cardio to 4x a week done after weights for 30 min or less. Twice a week my cardio is high intensity interval training. This is great for fat loss with muscle retention. I find that doing long endurance type cardio makes me lose muscle (I also find it terribly boring.
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(sorry couldn't resist!) At my age (39), pretty much anyone who is toned/fit must work at, but I don't mind. It's just 4 days a week, and it makes me feel so GOOD - the body is just a bonus.
I think everyone reaches a point at some time in their lives, some sooner some later, where a fit body no longer just happens. The body was made to move!
I increased my weight training to 4x a week and cut back my cardio to 4x a week done after weights for 30 min or less. Twice a week my cardio is high intensity interval training. This is great for fat loss with muscle retention. I find that doing long endurance type cardio makes me lose muscle (I also find it terribly boring.
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(sorry couldn't resist!) At my age (39), pretty much anyone who is toned/fit must work at, but I don't mind. It's just 4 days a week, and it makes me feel so GOOD - the body is just a bonus. I think everyone reaches a point at some time in their lives, some sooner some later, where a fit body no longer just happens. The body was made to move!
nikkita
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For cutting, a low carb low fat diet has helped... not much of using products unless its for competition. For building muscle, a high caloric diet, increasing carbs, lots of water, trying to keep fat as low as possible.
To stay at where I am (or improve) I need to work hard. Someone said to me "to have a great body, you have to give great effort"... and it has proven out to be true for me.
To stay at where I am (or improve) I need to work hard. Someone said to me "to have a great body, you have to give great effort"... and it has proven out to be true for me.
I have a good metabolism in general. I have weighed the same for about 4 1/2 - 5 years. I just want to be more "cut/lean" not so bigger. As soon as I start running, I drop 7-10 in a week because my body just falls back in to place. I don't want to alter too many of my eating/living habits, but things that will help would be appreciated....
If you drop 7-10 lbs in a week, I can guarantee it's mostly water. I tend to gain weight (any sort of weight) easily, including muscle, but I can lose it just as easily if I really try. For me it basically comes down to diet-half of my calories from low GI carbs and half from protein (with just a smidgen of EFAs) with a 300-500 BMR calorie deficit per day.
"I don't want to alter too many of my eating/living habits,"......................exactly what ARE those eating habits?
"I don't want to alter too many of my eating/living habits,"......................exactly what ARE those eating habits?
