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How many push-ups can you do?
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MatticusMania said:
Yea, more muscle mass = higher metabolic rate
I'd say it depends how overweight someone is. It's hard to gain muscle mass optimally, without gaining some fat. Also hard to loose fat without loosing muscle.
The thing I liked about running, especially since I don't have a car atm, was that I could just run back and forth on our driveway since long and flat, and 3 1/2 times up and down was a mile. Not crazy about the cycling idea out here though either since people out here really don't believe in leashing their dogs and just let them run around the country side. One of our neighbors has seriously gone through 9 dogs to the highway in the past 4 years, and still don't leash their dogs. And I don't know of any pools within a hundred mile radius to where I live.
Btw, this isn't Nor-cal as my profile may say (I keep it like that as motivation to get back) but deep in the heart of nowhere farmland Texas, in a town of approximately 221. I swear, I see more random wandering dogs than people out here.
Yeah, I have a friend who is a fitnesss instructor (not my fitness instructor) and he told me about some training courses he recently took in regards to diet and losing weight/building muscle.
A few days later on my way to the gym I got curious and asked him if its better to lose weight or to build muscle first.
His answer was pretty much this.
and this is why my workout consists of about 50% cardio, 25% weight, 25% endurance. one day a week is nothing but cardio, typically wednesday, monday is a mixture of cardio and weight, friday is a mix of weight and endurance.
After hearing that I decided to cut the cardio out of my gym routine and add some leg strength training for the meantime.
After I build some more muscle I think I'll begin working on losing any weight Ive gained.
After I build some more muscle I think I'll begin working on losing any weight Ive gained.
My best is 65 in a minute. I was working towards 100 at the time, but i did myself an injury and ended up with a blood clot. So now I take it easy and only knock out 50 at a time, usually twice a day.
It's never a good idea to cut cardio. You should always aim to get at least 20 minutes of cardio in a day (though 35 minutes is optimal). Not only does cardio burn calories while you're working out, but it also has a 'fat afterburner' effect that boosts your metabolism which helps you continue to burn calories long after you've stopped working out. Unless you have a killer weightlifting routine that keeps your heart rate up the entire time, it's better to keep with the cardio exercises and to add in weightlifting when possible.
jmattbassplaya said:
Depends on how you do your cardio, steady cardio will have minimal increase on metabolic after you finish. Also, your body will burn calories after weights too when it is repairing itself.
I do agree on not cutting out cardio. I tended to do cardio in the morning, weights in the afternoon, cardio after a weights session or on a different day. With a bit of time between them it let's you muscle glycogen levels recover.
For legs, squats are king! Deadlifts are great too! Snatch or Power Cleans are also great lifts, you could hit those at high reps to get your heart going!
Best cardio I've ever had was shuttle runs intermixed with squats, push ups, sit ups and burpees.
Ok I have to put a note here... NO GIRL PUSHUPS! 
I just did 37, but I also went to the gym this morning and did 10 x3 so I'm probably tired.
I just did 37, but I also went to the gym this morning and did 10 x3 so I'm probably tired.
IMO this whole "cardio will prevent you from growing muscle and its impossible to grow muscle without gaining fat and losing fat without loosing muscle" is a whole lot of crap!
It's just some gym myth passed on from meat head to meat head!
It might have 1% of truth if you are a really high level body builder (mister universe league) but for most normal human beings it's just not true!
A lot of professional athletes have lot of muscles and really low body fat all year long and dont go through this whole bulking cutting thing! Look at rowers, swimmers, sprinters!
They dont spend 6 months a year looking fat to pack on the muscles!
I myself have put on 25lbs of muscle on in around 2 years while keeping a body fat of 10% or less all that without supplements or crazy bulking diet!
There is no secret, ll you have to do is work hard and eat well! The key is consistency!
Also this whole "muscle burns more calories than fat so the more muscle you have the more fat you will burn" is a legend!
A pound of muscle burns between 6 and 10 calories a day, fat is 2 to 3 calories, that means that gaining 5 pounds of muscle will make you loose 30 calories a day max! Less than a Mars bar!
I said it before and i will say it again, if you want to loose weight watch what you put in your mouth, this is where the difference is made, not running, not at the gym, in your kitchen!
Just easier to gain while you have a calorific excess.
We were talking about loosing weight too, and whether or not to build some muscle before hand
Know plenty of athletes who try to drop a few lbs before a competition or start of season.
Also, if youve put on 25lbs and maintained 10% bf, surely you have put on 2.5lbs or so of bf?
, not to be picky or anything!
We were talking about loosing weight too, and whether or not to build some muscle before hand
Know plenty of athletes who try to drop a few lbs before a competition or start of season.
Also, if youve put on 25lbs and maintained 10% bf, surely you have put on 2.5lbs or so of bf?
, not to be picky or anything!
No one said cardio will prevent anyone from gaining muscle. I think you might be misunderstanding whats really being said.
And besides... how do I know youre not just another meat head spreading your own version of the myth?
BTW, my trainer friend is in impeccable shape, and certainly not a meat head. He's not bulky/muscular, but is actually quite lean and cut.
Plus, he can scale buildings like a monkey, so Im inclined to listen to him when it comes to fitness tips.
And besides... how do I know youre not just another meat head spreading your own version of the myth?
BTW, my trainer friend is in impeccable shape, and certainly not a meat head. He's not bulky/muscular, but is actually quite lean and cut.
Plus, he can scale buildings like a monkey, so Im inclined to listen to him when it comes to fitness tips.
I was in no way calling your friend a meathead!
I just know i have heard that being said a lot in gyms, and my experience ha been the exact opposite!
What i find ridiculous with that whole bulk up/ cut down thing is that you only look at your best 50% of the time and that i is really bad for your health!
If you try a bit it is really easy to put on muscle while doing cardio and not putting on fat, that's all im saying!
Here, i put my money where my mouth is, this is me at a recent photo shoot!
I never did a a bulk up or a cut down diet, i look like that all year long!
I do cardio pretty much every day (BJJ or rowing) and lift weights 3 times a week.
No supplements of any kind, no post processing.
I never did a a bulk up or a cut down diet, i look like that all year long!
I do cardio pretty much every day (BJJ or rowing) and lift weights 3 times a week.
No supplements of any kind, no post processing.
Thats okay, you can call him a meathead, lol. (he's not, but that doesnt matter, lol).
Im not looking to try some kind of bulk up/cut down routine or anything. As I said previously, I get a lot of cardio everyday!
Actually, my friend is built very similarly to yourself, judging by that picture.
