Question about body re-composition?

annabeladcock
annabeladcock Posts: 99
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, I've read a lot of articles about body re-composition for women, that how weight training can make you look a lot more toned as opposed to the whole "skinny fat look". Basically, I am 5"2, 132lbs and 18 years old. I don't know what my body fat is (once an instructor did it using calipers and told me it was 19%, which can't be right. Most online calculators tell me it is 25%), but I am not very toned and have some fat lying around here... In regards to body recomposition, do I have to lose all the fat first before I can start with the weight training? Because I know you can't really do both at the same time, because fat loss requires a calorie deficit, but you need fuel to gain muscle... Which should I focus on? Does body recomposition in a sense remove fat and build muscle simultaneously? CONFUSED...!

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  • a_doublej
    a_doublej Posts: 11 Member
    Yes, you can do both at the same time.

    Build muscle. It burns fat.
  • LokiOfAsgard
    LokiOfAsgard Posts: 378 Member
    I can't really answer the lose fat/gain muscle question. I guess that would be up to you, what way you want to do it. Muscle first, fat second or vice versa. (I'm taking off fat first, then going to work on gaining muscle.)
    But you still want to train while losing weight, to keep the muscle you do have from being lost. You don't lose just fat when you diet, sometimes you lose muscle too.

    But with the body fat calculator, unless you get it does with a caliper, I don't think calculators are very accurate, because they don't take in what muscle you do have, (As in, if you're heavier/lighter because you have more/less muscle than the *average person) or your body shape. So don't take online calculators to heart.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    no.

    never wait to start weight training.

    body recomp takes forever- it's the least efficient way to go about this.

    Just start lifting now- get on board with a progressive training program.

    I you want to lift- do compound work squats, over head press (OHP) bench and dead lift- and some form of row- barbell- single arm- pendlay- pull ups and what not.

    Programs to look at
    Starting Strength
    Strong lifts
    New Rules of Lifting (For Women)
    Strong Curves.

    should give you something to research and get your feet wet.

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