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How to lose fat and gain muscle

What is a good diet and exercise routine to help lose body fat but maintain muscle?


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Hello colin,

This article, although may look a bit to ambitious, or not exactly what you've meant, has all the answers for you. It, basically, explains why is it hard for some to gain muscle and lose fat at the same.
Posted 2007-12-20T11:34:31Z
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I'm Sorry for the missing link.

Posted 2007-12-30T13:13:22Z
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interval training and compound movement type exercises are the best way to go.  But get your diet right first, this is the major piece of the puzzle.

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Posted 2008-02-26T23:39:16Z
 
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Any exercise will preserve your muscle while dieting. To figure out your calorie needs, go to

www.mypyramid.gov. THEN follow the calorie level that is 500 calories less than your needs now. You will lose 1 pound a week that way, it it should be mostly fat loss. If you like to "boost" this, try the Slim challenge. It is a dietary supplement that is helping people lose fat and inches. It helps you feel full at meals and cuts cravings in between meals. Let me know if I can help you with that.
Posted 2008-05-18T16:38:50Z
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Building muscle and losing fat at the same time is difficult, so I would recommend that you focus on losing bodyfat while maintaining your current level of lean body mass.

If you want to build muscle, you can always to it after you've reached a body fat percentage that you're happy with.

In order to lose body fat, you have to be in a caloric deficit of between 300 - 500 calories per day.  That's 200 - 300 calories under what your body burns each day.  Use this bmr calculator to determine how many calories your body burns (not including daily activities).

Once you've figured out your bmr, estimate how many calories you burn while performing daily activities.  Now, subtract 300-500 calories from that number, and this is how many calories you should be consuming (approx.).

Also remember that in order to maintain your lean body mass, weight training is very important.  Aim for a few workouts a week lifting 8-12 repetitions of a challenging weight.

Best of luck! 

 

Posted 2008-05-21T13:38:13Z
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Best weight loss exercises

 

There are many exercises for weight loss that are available today. This is especially common when losing weight has become such a serious and a common issue among people in the world where the world has grown health conscious. People are trying to attain perfect bodies and the ideal weight and capitalizing on this are many companies that are offering miracle methods. Some are offering tablets that help you reduce in weeks and some are offering gadgets that will reduce all your body fat in even days. But these methods are mostly unproven and sometimes even dangerous. It is also very dangerous to lose weight suddenly from your body as it can make you fall ill. The tablets should be most avoided as they contain many side effects and also some tablets become addictive. These are only some of the few reasons why the much advertised miracle health plans should be avoided. The best way to lose weight is through dedication and handwork on regular and periodic exercises. Also before embarking on any program one needs to find out whether he or she needs to lose weight in the first place. Losing weight unnecessarily can have ill effects to the body and the mind.

The benefits of losing weight are many. The first of them being that you can avoid many of the health risks. It is a known fact that overweight people tend to attract most of the life threatening diseases. The most common being the heart problems. This is due to the fact that being overweight leads to the accumulation of fats in the body and high cholesterol level. With high cholesterol level, the chances of getting a heart attack are more. Also with higher level of cholesterol a person is more susceptible to high blood pressure and its associated diseases. Being overweight means that you will fall tired very easily. This is because your body is not able to utilize all the fat in your body and convert them into energy. As a result you have to always carry the extra fat around which weigh you down. This causes loss of energy from your body. A person with a lean and a muscular body is also much more attractive. When you have a solid and healthy body confidence in you daily life will come from within you. You can perform your tasks easily and with your full efficiency. Health is the biggest treasure of mankind. Without health a man is nothing.

The best exercises for weight loss are the ones that are practiced regularly. It is not necessary that a person in order to lose weight should join rigorous training. The first thing to do when planning out an exercise routine is to consider the factors of your body and age. Same exercise regimes will not suite everyone. You should first off decide how much weight you need to lose. Then you can form your own exercise regime considering the facts such as your age and the time you can spend and your stamina every day. It is best if you hire a professional trainer and do this together with his consultation. However it is not required that you must hire a professional. If you can estimate your body’s wants and needs then you can plan this out for yourself. Also you can take online help in finding the regime that is best suited for you. The most important things here are to make the regime that fits for you and then stick to it. There is no point in exercising for a day or so and then discontinuing. Repetition is the key to losing weight and gaining a healthy body.

You should be careful not to over work yourself. The biggest danger while working out is that you tend to over work yourself. This leads to excessive use of your muscles that may lead to injuries. This means that you can permanently damage some muscles in your attempt to make them stronger. Once those muscles are damage or torn it may take several days for them to heal back. Sometimes the damage can be permanent also. Therefore it is very dangerous to embark on heavy workout without proper guidance or training. Do not work out more than the strain that your body can take. You cannot become Mr. Perfect in three days. Only with continuous efforts and regular workouts can you achieve the perfect bodies. Start slow and see how much work your body can withstand. Once you known your limits you can set up your workout regime within these limits. This will help you to work out most safely and efficiently. Also make progress in you training. Try going beyond your limits in very little amounts every day. This will help you to raise the bar in you levels of stamina and endurance.

The main exercise that you should be concentrating on is cardiovascular diseases. These can be simple exercise like walking   to more rigorous work outs. But walking is most recommended especially to beginners. This also serves as a good warm up exercise to all your body parts. To progress from walking you can take up running. You should make it a point that you work out for minimum of 30 minutes every day and try working out for 45 minutes. As you get more and more accustomed to the exercise that you perform, you can raise the bar of your limits progressively on them. Jogging is also recommended. The number of calories that you can burn during one session of training is the speed at which you can run of jog. It is also true that jogging uphill will cause you to lose more calories. Although one should be careful as jogging as a high impact on the joints of your body. It is safer to jog on customized treadmills than to jog on plain roads. Another important aspect while on a training regime is to stay on a healthy diet. To stay on a diet will give you the extra energy that you need to help you gain a beautiful and a perfect body.


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Posted 2009-02-28T16:47:14Z
 

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hey Colin,

In my opinion the best way to lose fat and maintain muscle is to do bodyweight exercises. They provide great resistance for maintaining muscle mass, even build muscle mass if you do pull up and hard exercise like that.

Also they are great for losing fat because they make you breath deeply and stimulate human growth hormones if you do them hard enough.

As for food, eat 5 to 6 time a day small meals that have around 40 grams of protein in each meals. Eat lots of veggies and low glycimic index food like oats, sweet potatoes. Stay away from process food, like bake goods and the likes.

good luck

Posted 2009-03-25T23:21:17Z

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