Is the information my friend has been give wrong or right?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    I told him to download myfitnesspal, he said 'why would I download an app when ive got a trainer' haha... He'll learn.
    Trainers are really only educated in form and basic physio. They are not trained in nutrition. Heck, my friend became a trainer with a 7-week course and she believes cardio burns fat.
  • Is his trainer a female? Sounds like he's got a crush..

  • allanrjudge
    allanrjudge Posts: 84 Member
    I don't know if his trainer is male or female ya know, i'll have to ask him.

    Leave him to it lol.
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
    I told him that he wont be building muscle, he says he is. I've told him he's probably just made the muscle he's already got feel harder and as the fat disappears it makes it more visible.
    He thinks hes built half a stone of muscle, which I find hard to believe.
    Bodybuilding is not about health and wellness, so forget this guy. He's probably juicing roids and God only knows what else. To compete in that absurd sport, a guy must perform a load of unnatural, unhealthy actions. That's bodybuilding today.
  • mizroxy13
    mizroxy13 Posts: 466 Member
    New trainer. STAT.
  • allanrjudge
    allanrjudge Posts: 84 Member
    Oh no he doesn't want to be HENCH! His ideal physique is Justin Bieber. This is startin to sound like i'm doing the whole 'i'm asking for a friend' thing haha.

    Mizroxy he defo needs a new trainer.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Oh no he doesn't want to be HENCH! His ideal physique is Justin Bieber. This is startin to sound like i'm doing the whole 'i'm asking for a friend' thing haha.

    Mizroxy he defo needs a new trainer.

    does justin bieber have any muscle definition?
  • allanrjudge
    allanrjudge Posts: 84 Member
    I don't think so? Well he has a bit.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I don't think so? Well he has a bit.

    then your buddy is on the right track to look like him!
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Build muscle on a 1000 calorie diet? :noway:
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Well he sounds a little daft. If that's the case, maybe he thinks he's eating 1000 but really eating at a surplus and possibly gaining muscle? Probably not.
  • LumberJacck
    LumberJacck Posts: 559 Member
    How do you measure muscle to know whether you're gaining or losing it?
  • nuvimi
    nuvimi Posts: 103 Member
    does justin bieber have any muscle definition?

    jb5.jpg
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,220 Member
    Oh sorry Tavistock x

    Well he wont listen, i've told hm the bit i've learnt over the past few months and he wants to listen to his trainer and told me i'll soon see when he posts his 'after' pics in a few months lol.
    The tape measure never lies.

  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    6'2 and eating only 1000 cals/day...???? Yikes. :o I am female, 5'7 and I would fall over eating that little. He is not going to put on muscle... he won't even maintain whatever muscle he has. And the whole break down your old muscle for new muscle, what is that all about? Oh man... your friend needs a new trainer for sure
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    How do you measure muscle to know whether you're gaining or losing it?

    The most accurate ways to measure body composition are hydrostatic and DEXA scans. But you can get a general knowledge if you use body fat calipers but understand you have to leave room for error. But for the most part, if you are losing weight, you are not gaining any new muscle. In fact, during weight loss, muscle loss and/or lean body mass will be lose.. the question is how much.