Getting In Shape.

[Hannibal88]

How about I do a lot of running which has given me a fast metabolism, which burns calories much faster than just having muscle. I then do weights and gain muscle, which appears toned because I have a fast metabolism from running which burns the calories before being stored? Then If I don't do weights and still have my huge appetite, I won't gain lose muscle and gain fat because of my running.

 

 

 

Running won't make you skinnier unless you already have enough fat, my legs have gained a lot of muscle from running relative to the little amount of weigh lifting I did at the time.

 

 

 

This depends on what type of cardio we're talking about. Interval training can be anabolic in that it aids explosiveness in the muscle fibres, slow-steady state cardio such as walking is neither and will aid in burning calories and then 60-70% pace for long sessions is catabolic.

 

 

 

Irrelevant of that, you're telling me that by doing cardio once a day, you're going to burn more calories through quick metabolism than eating properly and having muscle mass? Eating 6 times a day, protein with every meal means that your digestive system is essentially using calories to digest protein, as it needs more calories to digest than any other macronutrient. Add that then with the fact your resting metabolism will be sky high when you're lean with muscle mass, I'm sure there's no contest in that the latter wins.

 

 

 

To build muscle for you to look 'toned', you NEED those stored calories. You seem to think being in a calorie deficit is a good thing when trying to look good, but really all you're doing is setting yourself up to look like a stick figure. You need more calories to aid muscle growth, that's the fact of it, and if you're using those calories to run then you're going to end up in calorie deficit, which then will lead your body to feeding off aminos and protein stands in your muscles for nourishment which is called being in a catabolic state.

 

 

 

I don't mean to sound rude, so I hope you don't take it that way, but I think you need to read up on the differences between anabolism, catabolism and also metabolism that running is not the only way to increase one's metabolism.

[amoeba_009]

I'm just gonna come out and say it: if you're looking to get muscle just to attract a chick, you'd be better off not trying. Any chick that would only go out with a guy because he'd "toned" and "muscular" is probably a shallow twit who's not worth much. This isn't aimed at the OP, it's just in general.

 

 

 

With that off my chest, I wouldn't mind some fitness advice aimed towards women. I noticed that alot of this advice is geared towards the male body, and as we all know, men and women are pretty much different creatures, with different needs. There's gotta be someone here that could help with that <3

 

 

 

I'm not asking for the shallow reason I complained about up there, I'm asking for my own benefit. Yay for being happily engaged to a chubby chaser.

 

 

 

Its basically the same, women lack testosterone to gain huge muscles, that being said, dont go too crazy with the weights if you arent looking to become a tank. More reps ie. 10-12 per set, should establish a lower weight naturally. And do cardio. If you have specific questions go ahead and ask em.

[Nadril]

 

I would like to point out a couple of things:

 

 

 

1) I am speaking of the people (adults included) who only date "good-looking" people. They tend to lack depth and personality. I feel the same way about gold-diggers.

 

 

 

2) Popularity means nothing to me. One can be popular and not be the greatest looking person in the world. Personality, my friend.

 

 

 

I am also speaking from both sides of the fence. I'm a switch-hitter, so I know how it works with both sides.

 

 

 

Showing you care for your body certainly sends a different message though.

[Zeddude]

Ive got a question guys, What about is someone wants to lose weight WITHOUT using weights?

 

 

 

Using weights burns fat but gains muscle and im sure ive hears that muscle weighs more then fat.. So what if i dont want to use weights to lose weight? What should i do... in the gym and such? TO make the scales happy. :

[BlueLancer]

Ive got a question guys, What about is someone wants to lose weight WITHOUT using weights?

 

 

 

Using weights burns fat but gains muscle and im sure ive hears that muscle weighs more then fat.. So what if i dont want to use weights to lose weight? What should i do... in the gym and such? TO make the scales happy. :

 

 

 

Use this good site for calculating how much you eat after determining your base metabolic rate: http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/

 

 

 

Eat less than the recommended calories per day @ your weight, plus excercise = You lose weight. Fortunately it's not rocket science. Eating patterns alone can make you lose all the weight you want, depending on how much of a 'loss' we're talking about.

[Rebdragon]

just to butt in into the controversy, i do have a high rapid metabolism

 

Not for long :lol: .