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| Weight Loss | Help!! I stopped losing weight and I don't know why! | May 20 2009 23:41 (UTC) |
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muscle does not weigh more than fat a pound is a pound. muscle takes up less space that is why when you put on muscle and loose fat cloths fit better but the scale does not indicate what you expect |
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| Fitness | question re: building muscles at a deficit | May 20 2009 20:10 (UTC) |
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As long as you eat right you can build muscle with a deficit. stay in a target to lose, 500-700 less calories per day than you burn. Don't go to low and get plenty of protein. I have dropped 32 lbs since November and added allot of muscle. I would have lost more just doing cardio but I want to gain muscle. I now squat over 300 lbs dead lift over 300 and do one body part per day with weights always pushing to go heavier. I am buiding muscle and losing weight. about 15 to hit my target weight than will see if that is what I want and maybe shoot for 10 more. |
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| Weight Loss | Help!! I stopped losing weight and I don't know why! | May 20 2009 01:48 (UTC) |
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shocking your system is just changing your routine in a way. if you do treadmill the same way switch to interval training, do more weight reps etc.. make your body work diffrently |
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| Weight Gain | Wieght Gain - Where Fat is stored first | May 19 2009 16:40 (UTC) |
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Why are you assuming gaining weight will be fat? if you are at 10% body fat and want to gain then eat good foods high in protein and gain muscle without increasing your body fat %. Keep woking out hard and you will gain muscle as long as you eat well. Don't eat foods that add wasteful calories and focus on muscle as you gain. |
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| Weight Loss | Help!! I stopped losing weight and I don't know why! | May 19 2009 16:17 (UTC) |
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As you stated you know you don't need to lose 5.5 pounds and your body knows that also so it will fight it. Also what is your body fat % ? given your activity level your robably adding muscle so the scale does not move. My guess is that your at a good weight for your height so it will be hard. You want to avoid losing on the scale by losing muscle. You may want to up the calories and do something to change it up a bit and shock your system. That get's you over a plateau. Once your system adapts it needs to be shocked into change. |
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| Weight Loss | Too many carbs? I can not seem to lose any weight. | May 08 2009 23:20 (UTC) |
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sometimes it takes a little while, could be a few weeks for some weight loss. I know they say a calorie is a calorie but for me if my carbs get past the 30-35% per day I lose no weight and I workout with weights 5 days a week and some interval cardio. I can't explain it but I find a 40 prot, 30 fat and carb woks best. I don't get hungry and I have a ton of energy and loose about 1 pound per week, as far as the knee that just restricts some lower body activity. I have had 5 knee surgeries so there are some things you can do. You need to build muscle have a good workout program and change it up every 6-8 weeks. Stick with it and you will see results |
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| The Lounge | hockey (NHL) fans? | Apr 21 2009 13:30 (UTC) |
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Bruins. It is their time. Young, fast, strong, and talented in every area and the Habs are feeling it. |
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| Fitness | Burn Meter | Apr 21 2009 13:09 (UTC) |
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believe it adds only the difference from what you burned to what you would have burned in that time frame. so if you ran for 20 minutes and burned 100 calories. and if you did nothing for 20 minutes and would burn 30 calories. the difference is 70 calories so that is what it adds to the burn meter |
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| Fitness | What is the best way to weight train and do cardio? | Apr 16 2009 20:47 (UTC) |
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I all the posts here are correct but allot depends on you and how your body reacts. generaly no matter what you have to do cardio boths weights and cardio burn fat but cardio much quicker. My .02 of course. I would maintain the weight training and if you had to skip a training session I would skip the cardio not the weights mainly because muscle will replace fat and help long term. try to get in 3 cardio sessions per week. I do them after my weights and on my no weight days. I vary sometime I grid it out for a 40-60 minute session. Most times I use interval training 20-30 minutes with fast and slower paces in a 2/2 minute split. The interval training will burn calories long after you left the gym. Bottom line is you need to burn more than you take in. I wish this were a science but one size does not fit all, motivation, time, genetics all have a roll. good luck |
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| Fitness | Gym routine: please critique | Apr 15 2009 12:26 (UTC) |
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Since your working out daily and doing cardio some of this would depend on your goals. The routine is standard and fine but if you have time split out the routine to one muscle group per day. Chest, back, arms, legs etc. You need the cardio to drop pounds so limit it to 20-30 minutes of moderate intensity on lifting days and when you do not lift maybe a bit longer with more intensity. Of course that depends if you need to lose weight. If not then about 20 minutes 3 times a week is fine. You never mentioned sets, reps or goals so I can't comment much on the weight training. Getting started is key and you can make modifications as you learn and goals change. good luck |
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| Weight Loss | Will my plan work?!?!?! Please help me! | Apr 14 2009 17:52 (UTC) |
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First you are already motivated and that is cool. The more you stick with a routine the more it becomes a habit. You will see results so that will keep you motivated. I would suggest this. Don't focus on the scale too much. Have your body fat % checked and aim to get that down as your goal. the scale will move with that. The problem with the scale is it will go down if you lose muscle and in the long run that is bad even though the scale looks good. The fat % is way more important than the BMI. With BMI you could 5'4" and 180 lbs of muscle and a BMI will still call you obese, that is absurd. To lose fat the cardio is great so go hard at it. However you will need muscle so I would hit the weights. The more lean muscle you build the more your body works to fuel the muscle and burns more calories. This is why I say not to focus on the scale but body fat and how your clothes fit. As you put on muscle weight it takes less space than fat so you become trimmer but the scale does not go down as fast. Don't let that bother you. If you stay the course in 2 -3 months you will notice a diffrence maybe not what you want on the scale but it will be far better |
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| Fitness | Confused About Weight Training. | Apr 06 2009 17:55 (UTC) |
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Depends on what you mean by myth? there is truth to low and high reps heavier weight with lower reps 6-8 range work more slow twitch muscle fibers and increase strength. lighter weight with more rep 12-15 range work on fast twitch fibers and provide more muscle endurance
8-10 rep range is the standard but you do want to switch things up every now and then to shock teh muscle or you stop growing. ultimately no one way works for everybody. Go with a good foundation, mix up your routine, ad find what gives you the best results. |
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