what would happen?

[2smallsa]

First i am 29 1.7m tall and 23% body fat.I work very hard in the gym,and i am growing.My problem is all the body fat.So my question is this, if i cut down on calories,and keep doing the same exercise routine,will i burn any body fat and grow? Or will i just burn body fat, or is this a bad idea all together? Your help is as always greatly appreciated.

 

[StuWard]

Unless you are a beginner, you can't build muscle and cut fat at the same time. To build muscle your need a calorie surplus, to cut fat you need a calorie deficit.

To do both at the same time you need to zig-zag. http://drsquat.com/articles/zigzag.html

 

[automaticj5]

I am somewhat in the same boat as you are -- I just upped my cardio -- but I expect to lose muscle as I lose my pounds... My goal is to lose the least amount of muscle possible... I have 11% bf more to lose til I start to get happy

 

[Sim882]

First i am 29 1.7m tall and 23% body fat.I work very hard in the gym,and i am growing.My problem is all the body fat.So my question is this, if i cut down on calories,and keep doing the same exercise routine,will i burn any body fat and grow? Or will i just burn body fat, or is this a bad idea all together? Your help is as always greatly appreciated.

At your fairly high b.f., I think its possible intially for you to have both muscle gain and fat loss. Maybe for the first 1-2 months of resistance training, you could gain a small amount of muscle. You see it sometimes with people on biggest loser that they have developed muscles by the end

 

[poysyn]

Possible to gain fat, but if hes been lifting for years and already has a decent size..so I'd say a cut is going to result in both fat and muscle loss. I have horrible genetics, so I tend to be pessimistic

 

[ironclaw]

drop the calories by about 20 %. keep to low carbs, keep the cardio at least 4 time per week, preferably early in the morning or after working out. Keep working out hardd, and you'll keep your lean mass, with shedding bodyfat/