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  • rickerred12
    rickerred12 Posts: 75 Member
    Agreed with cardio, but very hard to lose bf and gain muscle. You need to create a caloric deficit to lose fat. With a calorie deficit it will be very hard to build muscle. Google body re composition diet.

    Um...you need to cut fat within the diet. You need to ensure you're macros are balanced. Cardio will assist with blood flow/oxygen transfer, which in turn assists in muscle growth. Without lifting, you will not build the muscle.

    But as stated before...without proper diet, not just a caloric deficit, you will not achieve what you want.

    I am confused - when you say you need to cut fat within the diet, are you saying that dietary fat relates to body fat, or that it is a diet (or at least a caloric deficit) that leads to weight loss? Because one of those statements is correct, the other is not.

    A deficit leads to weight loss. 1200 cals of carbs and 1200 cals of fat is still the same amount of energy. If 1200 cals is a deficit then regardless of where your calories come from you will lose weight. But 1200 cals of fat is not a healthy way to go.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Agreed with cardio, but very hard to lose bf and gain muscle. You need to create a caloric deficit to lose fat. With a calorie deficit it will be very hard to build muscle. Google body re composition diet.

    Um...you need to cut fat within the diet. You need to ensure you're macros are balanced. Cardio will assist with blood flow/oxygen transfer, which in turn assists in muscle growth. Without lifting, you will not build the muscle.

    But as stated before...without proper diet, not just a caloric deficit, you will not achieve what you want.
    Balanced protein, carbs and healthy fat, (SO proper diet for the goal)fat loss and muscle gain are two totally different things requiring different diets. Cardio will not build muscle or increase muscle growth.

    You can bulk on a balanced 40/30/30, or lose on the same. The only thing you need to concentrate on to lose is calorie intake. If you've been putting on muscle and are ready to see progress, then cut (keep protein up to minimize muscle loss), keep up your lifting routine, and add cardio. I love cardio to help lean out. Do more when you're losing and less when you're bulking.

    There are all sorts of ways to get cardio. Not just in the gym.
  • WorkoutWarrior76
    WorkoutWarrior76 Posts: 179 Member
    I may be a little more confised now! lol But I appreciate everyones help!
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,340 Member
    So I am so confused by all the differnt things I hear about exercise. DO I need to do both heavy lifting and cardio. Or do I need to only do heavy lifting. Not trying to start a war, jsut need some solid facts!
    Read this - it breaks it down as simple as can possibly be:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819925-the-basics-don-t-complicate-it
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,889 Member
    I may be a little more confised now! lol But I appreciate everyones help!
    Okie, it's simple; you lose weight through a calorie deficit. Weight or resistance training preserves muscle mass moreso than not doing weight or resistance training, and cardio has two functions; increase calorie expenditure and make you better at cardio exercise.

    You can do or not do whatever exercise you like.

    Now, I don't do any cardio besides walking. First pic is a flexed pic from June, second from December;

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    I just weight train at high intensity 4 times a week. Bodyfat is dropping off nicely, strength has increased and I have preserved my musculature.

    Attack this however you want. Cardio. No cardio. Neither is inherently right or wrong.
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