Lean muscle... as opposed to what??
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I think it's just a redundant fitness marketing term...there are many.
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Hawaiian_Iceberg wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Think of a lean steak vs. a well marbled steak.
The reason Kobe beef is so marbled is because they give the cows beer to drink while massaging them.
If you drink a six pack while lifting you'll build super big phat marbled muscles in half the time it takes to build skinny lean muscle.
It's so marbled and nice is because they don't let the cows move at all. The more movement = less marbling.Struggling to understand / not be annoyed by the concept of "building lean muscle". As opposed to what?? Building chubby muscles?
Surely muscle by definition is lean. Any bulk either comes from accompanying fat or just building more muscle. No??
Am I missing something??
I am not sure who exactly makes these claims but what they mean is probably gaining smallest possible fat possible while gaining muscle. Depending on your genetics and sex, you will gain a lot of fat while gaining muscle. If you try to gain too much in a short time, lets call it "dirty bulk" you simply gain too much fat while gaining that muscle.
Who knows though, depends on the context of this sentence.
And gaining "lean muscle" is possible for newbies. People gaining muscle while cutting is not unheard of.Gallowmere1984 wrote: »I also take it to mean skeletal muscle (as opposed to smooth or cadiac, which would be impossible to build anyway). Either way, it's redundant.
Building cardiac muscle is very possible. Just ask Andreas Munzer...oh wait, he's dead. Dude's heart weighed like twice what a normal human's does when he croaked. Dat PED stack...
Don't get the hate towards the guy? I mean clearly he was misdirected with illusions and all but, really?0 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »I also take it to mean skeletal muscle (as opposed to smooth or cadiac, which would be impossible to build anyway). Either way, it's redundant.
Building cardiac muscle is very possible. Just ask Andreas Munzer...oh wait, he's dead. Dude's heart weighed like twice what a normal human's does when he croaked. Dat PED stack...
Cardiac hypertrophy, maybe without PEDs, "enormous, elongated, torpedo-shaped hearts":
https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807222006.htm
nytimes.com/2008/07/07/health/07hearts.html
But I'd rather drink beer while being massaged, and get marbled muscles, if that's an option. The heck with this lean stuff.
Sorry, OP, thread drift!
I agree with the "silly marketing term" idea. I think "lean muscle" is in contrast to "bulky muscle", neither of which really mean much of anything, technically. Some people (women, more often, it seems) want to look like a dancer (but possibly not like Misty Copeland, 'cos muscle-y muscles - uck
). Personally, I'd rather look like Megan Musnicki, or at least be able to do what she does.
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We always build lean muscle but some people add on fats too so there r some people that are called lean and some are just bulky but they have fat on top of their muscles so it's not much definition and detail but when they start cutting and drop the body fat the muscle definition starts showing and they r then called lean. Hope this helped0
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We always build lean muscle but some people add on fats too so there r some people that are called lean and some are just bulky but they have fat on top of their muscles so it's not much definition and detail but when they start cutting and drop the body fat the muscle definition starts showing and they r then called lean. Hope this helped
It is just muscle and is neither fatty or lean1 -
They call it lean as in with less body fatWe always build lean muscle but some people add on fats too so there r some people that are called lean and some are just bulky but they have fat on top of their muscles so it's not much definition and detail but when they start cutting and drop the body fat the muscle definition starts showing and they r then called lean. Hope this helped
It is just muscle and is neither fatty or lean
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They call it lean as in with less body fatWe always build lean muscle but some people add on fats too so there r some people that are called lean and some are just bulky but they have fat on top of their muscles so it's not much definition and detail but when they start cutting and drop the body fat the muscle definition starts showing and they r then called lean. Hope this helped
It is just muscle and is neither fatty or lean
That's a function of your body fat percentage. When you gain muscle, you gain "lean" muscle because it's the only kind of muscle you can gain. Muscle is lean. Gaining body fat is a completely different topic.
And as a sidebar to the conversation, there is always at least some fat gain associated with muscle gain - often a quite significant amount of it.3 -
I always get that Willy Wonka expression when someone just starting says they prefer to start on a lean bulk.0
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Hi
I'm looking to lose body fat and gain lean muscle do not want to lose anymore weight any idea what % carbs fats and protein I should be eating.
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subcounter wrote: »Hawaiian_Iceberg wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Think of a lean steak vs. a well marbled steak.
The reason Kobe beef is so marbled is because they give the cows beer to drink while massaging them.
If you drink a six pack while lifting you'll build super big phat marbled muscles in half the time it takes to build skinny lean muscle.
It's so marbled and nice is because they don't let the cows move at all. The more movement = less marbling.Struggling to understand / not be annoyed by the concept of "building lean muscle". As opposed to what?? Building chubby muscles?
Surely muscle by definition is lean. Any bulk either comes from accompanying fat or just building more muscle. No??
Am I missing something??
I am not sure who exactly makes these claims but what they mean is probably gaining smallest possible fat possible while gaining muscle. Depending on your genetics and sex, you will gain a lot of fat while gaining muscle. If you try to gain too much in a short time, lets call it "dirty bulk" you simply gain too much fat while gaining that muscle.
Who knows though, depends on the context of this sentence.
And gaining "lean muscle" is possible for newbies. People gaining muscle while cutting is not unheard of.Gallowmere1984 wrote: »I also take it to mean skeletal muscle (as opposed to smooth or cadiac, which would be impossible to build anyway). Either way, it's redundant.
Building cardiac muscle is very possible. Just ask Andreas Munzer...oh wait, he's dead. Dude's heart weighed like twice what a normal human's does when he croaked. Dat PED stack...
Don't get the hate towards the guy? I mean clearly he was misdirected with illusions and all but, really?
No hate at all. Dude was willing to give quite literally everything he had to something he loved. That's more than most can say.
No one can be on that much gear while simply being misdirected about it. He just overshot his mark one too many times.0 -
They call it lean as in with less body fatWe always build lean muscle but some people add on fats too so there r some people that are called lean and some are just bulky but they have fat on top of their muscles so it's not much definition and detail but when they start cutting and drop the body fat the muscle definition starts showing and they r then called lean. Hope this helped
It is just muscle and is neither fatty or lean
That is a function of body fat , not muscle1 -
alispatred wrote: »Hi
I'm looking to lose body fat and gain lean muscle do not want to lose anymore weight any idea what % carbs fats and protein I should be eating.
thanks
Suggest you read this thread - unlike the current one, the link is an actual serious thread - and ask questions there if you still have some:
Recomposition: Maintaining weight while losing fat0 -
Whilst at the gym on Monday, an advert came up for Lean Protein shakes and bars and it reminded me of this thread.
What on earth is Lean Protein?0 -
This is all just MARKETING terminology. Just like "toning". The more you can suggest a "no fat" "no bulk" "long and lean" approach, you'll catch female attention and females tend to spend more money than males do on personal improvement. It's all BS to those who are in the know, but many people still have no idea how physiology actually works. See, we do use this stuff in real life and not just in the class room.
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subcounter wrote: »It's so marbled and nice is because they don't let the cows move at all. The more movement = less marbling.
Whooosh? It was just a bad joke mate.....
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