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Cool Novice 
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I have been working out for four years and have only seen moderate results. I know that I have gained muscle but I have also gained fat. I just keep getting bigger (and not in the good way). I do cardio and really push myself with weights. I need help! I don't know what do do anymore. I have used Winstrol(won't use this again)and Clen before and didn't have good luck. Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.     | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder 
Posts: 327 |
tell us what and when youre eating. tell us how your working out. There's no such thing as too much detail. how do you know that you've gained fat/muscle? What are your methods for measure/monitor? Tell us a little about your bodytype. tell us a bit about your lifestyle. tell us more about your goals. ------------------ | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 42 |
I work in a gym, so I'm able to work out when ever I want. I lift 5 times a week (not resting for more than 30 sec. in between) and do cardio 4-5 times a week for 30 mins. I do skin fold and take my measurments about ever four weeks. I am 5'7 and weight about 155. I want to be pretty big and have good definition. My gynetics allow for good muscle growth, unfourtunatley the fat seems to show up along with it. | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder
Posts: 327 |
Well, if youre storing fat, then youre not eating correctly. Youre going to have to lay out your diet for us here in order for anyone to identify what you may be doing wrong, or what you maybe could do better. ------------------ | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 12 |
I have the same body type. Easy muscle gainer, easy fat gainer. In the fat respect, it is ALL diet. All the cardio in the world wont get you lean, but conversly, all the dieting in the world will only be partially effective without some cardio. Musclegain wise, try resting more between sets... between cardio and 30 seconds of rest its like doing cardio twice! That is a big no-no for muscle gains! Diet should be your main concern, without knowing more about you I'll just throw some basics out there... *dont go too low on calories (NEVER below 1800) *no sugar (white sugar, corn syrup-like in pop, and sweetners like that) *complex carbs early in the day *fiborous carbs later in the day *cut out the sat. fats *eat every 3 hours You get the idea... in the end its a diet thing. | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 42 |
I feel like I eat pretty good. I try to stay away from lots of carbs. I have to cook for my husband (who also lifts) and feel like I need to cook a balanced meal. I probably shoulndn't eat the same thing he eats. Is there anything I can cook that would meet what I need and not just TUNA! It's nice to know there is someone out there that has the same proble I do. I could use as much advice as possible. Even a place to find a good diet for me would be great. | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 12 |
Chicken, turkey, fish, all kinds of stuff! Dont make the mistake of cuttin carbs to much, though! Figure having 1-1.5 grams of protien per lean pound of bodyweight. Figure out the calories. Allow youself no more than mabye 10grams of fat, which is another 90 calories. Total up the calories. At 4 calories a gram, add carbs in to equal out the calorie number your shooting for. Make those carbs 60% complex, 40% fiborous. Then tilt the balance even more toward fiborous... Keep the complex carbs early in the day. Fiborous later. Mabye NO carbs at the 4 hours before bed point. That should work good. Dont expect more than 1 pound of fat loss a week. If its more, good, but 1 pound loss a week is good for someone "natural". Consider an E/C/A supplement if your budget allows... | ||
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Novice 
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I'll tell you, it's all diet when you're trying to lose the fat. I'm a big girl too. I'm tall, and I gain muscle quickly. But, I gain fat along with it. It's really hard for me to drop those few extra lbs. Even when I adjust my calories down, my body reacts to keep me at a stable weight and body fat. When I'm not dieting, I take in about 2,400 calories. When I started to diet I limited myself to 1700 to 1800 calories. It took me 8wks to lose 5 lbs - and I wasn't binging. After adding cardio in the morning, I dropped a few more, but not as much as I wanted. The most effective weight loss happened when I changed a few things. Since I was prone to have a lot of muscle already, a low cal diet over a short period of time didn't hurt me much. I had 1300 calories daily, mostly protein. I would eat a tiny meal (small handful of dry cereal and 1/8 lb lunch meat), take a fat burner and go to lift first thing in the morning. Immediately after, I would do 45 min cardio. I would weight an hour, then eat my second meal - about 1/2 lb beef and some ff cheese, or something. Beef stays in your stomach - I didn't get hungry. I then had two to three more meals and no carbs at my last meal. I lifted four times per week - heavy! Lots of rest between sets to maintain mass. Cardio was done 5 times per week. On the days I lifted, and on Sunday night. I did this for five weeks. The lbs melted off, and after I went off the diet, I only gained back 4lbs. Mind you- I wasn't eating as much anymore - my stomach shrunk. I only gained it back when I purposefully tried to. I also have to tell you that I came off a cycle about five weeks ago where I gained A TON of weight! I started the same old diet on 1700 cal. After 5 wks, I've still only dropped a few lbs. I'm planning to start the 1300cal diet monday. Good luck. If you have questions, you can e-mail me. |
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posted August 23, 2000 01:59 PM