My fat doesnt turn into muscle

kellyallday

I know this will probably not sound appealing, but as a former Marine DI, we did have to go through a lot of health and nutrition stuff for the recruits. Usually, if you are a recruit that comes in overweight with a high BMI, you will drop pounds and lots of them. I've watched multiple parents come to bootcamp graduation walk right by thier sons because they came in at 200 pounds and graduated at 170. Of course our "high and tight" haircut doesn't help. In the reverse (which was me) I was always a kid on the go and never sat down for 3 good meals a day in my life until I went to bootcamp. I went in at 148 and came out at 163. So the theory is this. Muscle exists in some shape or form already, toned or untoned. Fat usually covers the muscle so until you burn the fat, you won't be able to begin to get to the muscle. If all you are doing is cardio, you will eventually get to the muscle but it probably won't be as toned as you like it. Push ups, sit ups, crunches, planking and jumping jacks and mountain climbers were our staple core of exercises. If you've seen Insanity or PX90, even though they are seriously tough programs, they use those core exercises and many variations of them. Muscle will not form or tone without resistance. Start slow with push ups sit ups crunches etc and maintain the cardio.
My goal is to eventually get back to triathalons. I went through a lot of stress being in Iraq and Afghanistan for 3 tours so I let myself go. Not bad, but on the verge of no return. I am an avid hockey player, I love to swim and cycle, but the military took the run out of me. So, in closing, there are many many resitance exercises you can do to start firming up the muscle while you are loosing the fat. Plus, there are a lot of studies that say cross training will keep your body from hitting the wall longer becasue you are always on focusing on different activities, muscle groups and such. If you keep your body guessing, it will be harder to hit the wall and plateau. I apologize for this article being so long, but I hope there is some advice you can use. Good luck, Semper Fi!

Good stuff soldier... Thanks for your service!

RyanWilson1993

You need to do weightlifting need to be a cardio junkie cardio is good just not all the time

NataBost

Two different cell types, so nobody's fat can turn into muscle:laugh:

Eat slightly above your TDEE (2-300 cals), set your macros at 40/30/30, then go pick up HEAVY things, put them down, and repeat!

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