Workout question - add muscle or lose weight first?
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are you eating fruits and dairy? if so stop.. fruit has high fructose and dairy slows down fat loss...
just eat greens, beans, and protein you will lose that last 10 - 15 if you keep your current workout...
and dont starve yourself u can eat as much green veggies you want...
this worked for me... and im about to go on it again b/c i've been dining out way too much
your wallets too fat brah
Physique comparison between long distance runners vs sprinters.
Umm ok? your point?..so are you trying to say because I was running 60 miles a week I looked more like the guy on the left? If so..I think you should actually see how I look rather than going off some picture you found on google...
You sound defensive.
I don't know you, I don't wanna judge ya.
But running does not result in mass gain because running, like most cardio exercises rewards efficiency over time, while strength training rewards power.
Carrying around 30-40 lbs of unusable muscle is inefficient for long distance runners, so when the body faces an energy shortage it sheds fat, but also excess muscle mass as the body adapts to long distance running.
This makes the ideal marathon runner's physique look like this
If you did gain muscle mass, it was because of something else other than 60 miles of running a week.
Remember, the body adapts to what stressors you put on it. And running stresses your endurance and aerobic efficiency, not muscle power.
You sound defensive.
I don't know you, I don't wanna judge ya.
But running does not result in mass gain because running, like most cardio exercises rewards efficiency over time, while strength training rewards power.
Carrying around 30-40 lbs of unusable muscle is inefficient for long distance runners, so when the body faces an energy shortage it sheds fat, but also excess muscle mass as the body adapts to long distance running.
This makes the ideal marathon runner's physique look like this
If you did gain muscle mass, it was because of something else other than 60 miles of running a week.
Remember, the body adapts to what stressors you put on it. And running stresses your endurance and aerobic efficiency, not muscle power.
Maybe I should have explained myself better, I wasn't only running 60 miles a week but also lifting 5 days a week( ran in the morning, lift in the evening) But I started at a height of 5'9 and was about 155 pounds, and now I'm still 5"9 but 170 pounds with my body fat being even lower than it was when I first started this new routine. At first I only used to do things like pushups and crunches but later on finaly got a gym membership and added weight training. My meals were pretty small( I never had a big apetite and 3 was always enough for me. But anyways, all I was saying was that I did build muscle from running 60 miles a week and not eating much with my lifting routine, even though someone in this tread said that it was impossible..then how did I do it...
when you start exercising the first thing that happens really is your muscles start to eat the fat inside them and replace it with muscle so you tend to get a little heavier. it depends on what you want to do, if you want to drop sizes I wouldn't stand with muscle building right away. Your muscles will get leaner so you'll get a little more muscle anyway.