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The Key to Building Muscle and Burning Fat at the Same Time
Doesn't weight training build muscle and increase your metabolic
rate and therefore the increase in your metabolic rate reduces
fat? And if so, then doesn't this mean that you have gained
muscle and lost fat at the same time?
I can understand how you might be confused because it's true
that the more muscle you have, the higher your metabolic rate
will be and the more fat you will burn as a result of having
more muscle.
My point was not that building muscle and losing fat at the same
time is impossible, but that attempting to build muscle and lose
fat at the same time is not as efficient because you are chasing
after two conflicting goals.
Let me explain...
If you want to put on the most muscle possible, you would engage
in what's called a 'bulking' diet. That is where you eat 10-15%
over your maintenance level calories. The rate of muscle growth
can be quite rapid at this level of caloric intake, but the rate
of fat gain can often be as high as the rate of muscle gain (a
1:1 ratio).
So why would you ever want to gain fat along with the muscle?
Simply because you will gain the maximum amount of muscle
possible only if you stay in a caloric surplus. People who want
to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time have to alternate
periods of caloric surplus with periods of caloric deficit and
therefore will gain muscle much more slowly.
Let's talk about cutting diets.
The goal on a cutting diet is to eat 10-20% below your
maintenance calories in order to burn as much fat as possible
without sacrificing muscle. On any cutting diet, some muscle
loss is almost inevitable, but your goal is to maintain as much
lean body mass as possible.
A beginner is much more likely to build muscle and burn fat at
the same time. (That's why being a beginner is pretty cool). For
a beginner, almost anything works because your body isn't used
to the stress of training, so great "beginner gains"can be made
with virtually any training program.
But after about 6 months, the gains slow down, then nearly stops
as you become more advanced and get closer to the limits of
your
genetic potential.
At this point, You have to work harder and smarter in order to
keep your body progressing and changing. Not counting the
initial "beginners gains" growth spurt, the only ways I know of
to date that you can do both (build muscle and lose fat quickly)
is thru anabolic steroids or to be extremely genetically gifted.
You see, testosterone promotes leanness and it builds muscle.
Having super high levels will allow you to chase both goals and
do it well. Of course, that isn't a risk free path and in the
U.S. it is illegal. And there are a slew of other problems with
that. I just wanted to insert that point.
Is it impossible to build muscle and lose fat at the same time?
Nope. It's possible. It's simply more difficult and not the most
efficient approach.
There's an old proverb that says, "If you chase two rabbits, you
will catch neither." Gaining muscle and losing fat require
different eating methods to achieve. If you attempt to do both,
you may end up in limbo going nowhere.
If you don't mind making much slower progress in muscle gains,
you can put on muscle and trim down body fat. But many people
want faster results, so they focus on a single goal and put all
their effort and energy into that one goal.
Then when they reach a certain body fat percentage, they go the
other way. Keep all the muscle they just built and lose the fat.
In essence, you might start off at 200 lbs, 15% body fat but at
the end, you might be 195 lbs, 9% body fat and have more muscle
then you did at 200 lbs. Because you gained as much as possible,
then cut away the fat. Now you are bigger but leaner.
My recommendation: Pick one goal and stick with it until you are
satisfied. It's faster, easier and works better then trying to
do both.
About the author:
Marc David is a bodybuilder and author of the, Beginner's Guide
to Fitness and Bodybuilding. You can get info on Marc's e-book
at: Beginning
Bodybuilding. To get Marc's free e-zine, visit JustAskMarc.com
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