BURNING FAT and MAINTAINING WEIGHT

amenton95

Looking to discuss tips and tricks of keeping weight and muscle as much as possible whilst burning the unwanted fat! Ultimately for me its as simple as reducing the body fat percentage! But how?!

cwolfman13

eat right around maintenance or slightly under...exercise regularly, including hitting the weight room...have patience...re-comp is a long process.

i never have really looked at re-comp as a deliberate act, but rather a bi-product of eating well and in appropriate quantities and working out regularly...over time, you get that fitness body as a bi-product of good livin'

amenton95

My calorie intake for maintenance is roughly 3100 calories. Ive just started with this app and im not so sure how Im going to meet that amount of calories I cycle 10-20km a day and play football 2 days a week. Upon researching this topic ive found that people say the best way to burn fat quickly and effectively is to cut really hard and then focus on bulding the muscle again.

shrinkingletters

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1


As for hitting the calorie targets: butter, oil, whole fat everything.

sijomial

Cut/bulk cycles are one option. Recomposition is the other.
You can't say one is better than the other - they are different tools and suit different people. Either choice may even suit the same person best at different times in their life.

It depends on your current training/physique status, prior training history, sporting/athletic goals, age, body fat percentage, ultimate physique goals etc. etc....

They both have pros and cons but as a 20 year old male would probably suggest you try recomp first. Unless you have been lifting consistently from an early age you will be able to make quick progress purely as a result of your gender, age and lack of years under a barbell.

Which brings me to training - what is your weight/strength training routine?
Recomp with just cycling and football would be hopeless and a calorie surplus (bulk) without significant weight training would most likely just make you fat!

CoconuttyMummy

sijomial wrote: »

Cut/bulk cycles are one option. Recomposition is the other.
You can't say one is better than the other - they are different tools and suit different people. Either choice may even suit the same person best at different times in their life.

It depends on your current training/physique status, prior training history, sporting/athletic goals, age, body fat percentage, ultimate physique goals etc. etc....

They both have pros and cons but as a 20 year old male would probably suggest you try recomp first. Unless you have been lifting consistently from an early age you will be able to make quick progress purely as a result of your gender, age and lack of years under a barbell.

Which brings me to training - what is your weight/strength training routine?
Recomp with just cycling and football would be hopeless and a calorie surplus (bulk) without significant weight training would most likely just make you fat!

co-signed x