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simplistic7
simplistic7 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
New friends for motivation. Interested in losing some fat and gaining some muscle although im not so sure how to do it! lol Thanks Guys

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  • lexagon
    lexagon Posts: 495 Member
    Are you doing a particular program? What sorta help do you need? I can be a wealth of useful and useless knowledge at times .. haha :) Welcome.
  • MikeSEA
    MikeSEA Posts: 1,074 Member
    It's generally fairly hard to do both of those at the same time. It's easier to lose fat than it is to build muscle, which is why a lot of guys will cut to their goal weight/bf % and then go into a slight surplus, up their protein a bit, and then focus on building. From there it's a build and cut back and forth until you're where you want to be.
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    I am also a wealth of ..... wait does that imply I'm useful to people? No,I'm whatever the opposite is I guess.

    Um - you CAN build SOME muscle AND lose fat if you are 1) a beginner 2) genetically predisposed to do so.

    You won't really know til you try.
    I'd say you're only 10 lbs overweight so don't even bother with a cut yet, build first, cut after. I've put on muscle while dieting but I was not only a beginner, AND genetically predisposed to some gain but I also am not dieting very drastically - some days i eat maintenance calories and somedays I eat a bit under, I rarely eat more than 200 calories under. I don't really expect to see muscle gains anymore, its been 8 months now AND I've got girl hormones.

    Also you might not ACTUALLY need to lose 10lbs of fat at all - you might just think that because you really need to build muscle to lose that flabby look.
  • triplejay1
    triplejay1 Posts: 84 Member
    I got some muscle in my chest do (chest fly) machine exercises (low rep, high weight), I can feel them, but cant see them very well yet, because i still have some fat over them, if i can get my body fat % down to about 15-16 the muscle should start well.
  • david581c
    david581c Posts: 337
    Ohhh thats how u found me :D
    Pushups are simple and effective, especially inclined and deep ones.

    As mentioned, flys are great.
    Diet is mega important too.
  • jerber160
    jerber160 Posts: 2,607 Member
    22 years old how about you teach yourself to walk on your hands? or at least get to the point where you can balance against a wall and do some pushups. that'll help your chest.
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