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fitnessmodel...how do they stay in shape?
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Tatyana
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Well it is a good thing I am a science geek then 
After eating, insulin removes glucose from the circulation and has it converted to either
- glycogen
- lipids
Glycogen is stored in the liver (around 70 g) or the muscle (200 g +)
Lipids are stored in fat cells
Insulin also promotes the uptake of amino acids into the muscle.
When the liver and muscle are full of glycogen, then any excess of glucose (or amino acids) are converted to fat.
It is also possible to convert the glycerol backbone of fatty acids (from fats) into glucose, and muscle is also quite happy using free fatty acids as an energy source.
It stands to reason that the greater muscle to fat ratio you have, the more likely that nutrients will be stored in muscle rather than fat.
Quite a few trainers/dieticians, such as Chris Aceto, also agree that muscle growth is hampered when the bodyfat percentage is higher.
After eating, insulin removes glucose from the circulation and has it converted to either
- glycogen
- lipids
Glycogen is stored in the liver (around 70 g) or the muscle (200 g +)
Lipids are stored in fat cells
Insulin also promotes the uptake of amino acids into the muscle.
When the liver and muscle are full of glycogen, then any excess of glucose (or amino acids) are converted to fat.
It is also possible to convert the glycerol backbone of fatty acids (from fats) into glucose, and muscle is also quite happy using free fatty acids as an energy source.
It stands to reason that the greater muscle to fat ratio you have, the more likely that nutrients will be stored in muscle rather than fat.
Quite a few trainers/dieticians, such as Chris Aceto, also agree that muscle growth is hampered when the bodyfat percentage is higher.
Burning_Inside
Elite Mentor
That's really not the case, everyone's tendancy to use fat or muscle for fuel when dieting or putting on muscle or fat when bulking is wide and varied, hence why we say appropriately that people have better genetics than others, and why some people can eat "whatever they want" and still be ripped. It's never a given.Tatyana said:
Burning_Inside
Elite Mentor
Fitness models are people that most likely have great genetics geared towards looking that way to begin with, hence it's just easier. I saw a news reoprt on some show many months ago for example about this kid who was crazy ripped. Now granted his frame was very thin so for most people, he looked a little ill, but regardless, this kid could not get anywhere above 5% bodyfat if he tried. He gave examples of what he ate on a daily basis. I wanted to punch the tv screen. His hormone levels were just that geared in the direction to not gain fat and burn calories like mad.marcu_s said:
So fitness models have somewhat of that genetic luck on their side, or for those that are a few notches worse, it's not like it's any secret "perfomance enhancing drugs" are involved.
But even still most of them put forth a lot of dedication and just enjoy exercising as a hobby, not something that they dread doing because they feel they have to, and when you love something, you get better results from it obviously.
chris69
Banned
Some good points here also..I myself am shorter and stocky, not fat..aprox 11/12 % bf...when i bulk i look Jacked... Now if you take the concept of a tall Bro aprox 5'10" at 11/12 % and have him bulk ., he is not going to look as jacked as me because of his body type !Burning_Inside said:
And ofcourse you hardly see any calvin klien models at 5'6" now do we ! So im sure fitness is about the same as far as who's who...
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