gaining more muscles

fnarain76
fnarain76 Posts: 15
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Wanting to gain more muscles and lose fat overall

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  • branflakes1980
    branflakes1980 Posts: 2,516 Member
    Fantastic. Good luck!
  • fnarain76
    fnarain76 Posts: 15
    Thanks I appreciate it.
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Fat loss comes from what and how much you eat. You’ll have to eat well and make sure you’re eating at a deficit.

    Gaining muscle requires you to work against progressive resistance and eat enough to build muscle and fuel additional workouts.

    These are slightly conflicting goals. You can do both, especially early on, but it is easier to focus on one and try to hold the other one as close to as is as you can (e.g., lose fat while retaining muscle).
  • fnarain76
    fnarain76 Posts: 15
    Thanks for your feedback. I started the Lizabeth bootcamp and it consists of alot of strength training along with plyometric exercises. They also have us on a clean diet....sticking to it is the hardest.
  • sgthaggard
    sgthaggard Posts: 581 Member
    Another viable option, since you only have 9lbs to lose, is recomp - eat at maintenance, sufficient protein, lift heavy. This is a longer process that will let you lose fat and gain muscle. You won't see much movement in the scale but your body composition can change quite a bit.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    so do we have to become a different species or does this require surgery?
  • fnarain76
    fnarain76 Posts: 15
    _John_ wrote: »
    so do we have to become a different species or does this require surgery?

    I hope not....I am noticing with heavy lifting and eating clean is changing my body composition.
  • vfit10
    vfit10 Posts: 228 Member
    edited March 2015
    Keep the good work
  • fnarain76
    fnarain76 Posts: 15
    Thanks for ur support.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    fnarain76 wrote: »
    Wanting to gain more muscles and lose fat overall

    Is that a statement or a question?
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    fnarain76 wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    so do we have to become a different species or does this require surgery?

    I hope not....I am noticing with heavy lifting and eating clean is changing my body composition.

    Eating "clean" has nothing to do with body composition.
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