No, I mean literally, fat can’t turn into muscle. There are fat cells, and muscle cells. They can only get larger or smaller, they don’t turn into one another. Losing fat would tend ot make people look more muscular, because more of their muscles are showing, making most people believe that they turn fat into muscle.
And about burning muscle. Everyone will burn muscle no matter how big or small they are if their diet isn’t proper. Like training or doing cardio in the morning before eating. That’s very bad because your cortisol levels will rise and your body will start to break down muscle, don’t get me wrong, you’ll also burn fat, but you’ll also be losing more muscle than you should. That’s why bodybuilders eat 5 or 6 tiems a day, so cortisol levels won’t peak because they’re never hungry, and it speeds up their metabolism because their body is constantly processing foods.
goodgravy:
Grape juice is good to go, if you can handle all that sugar. Just don’t use anything citrus based, as it can diminish the effects of creatine.
trunkszero157:
For shoulder width, I’d suggest side lateral raises and military presses. Don’t expect to widen them more than a few inches in a few years.
And to gain 70 or 80 lbs of muscle usually takes a couple years. Most people that workout would gain about 20-30lbs a year of muscle depending on their experience.
If you wanna gain something other than muscle, then by all means, eat anything you’d like.
It would be stupid to work on one part of ur body at a time…and you’ll look pretty funny too. Some people work out different muscles harder than others for different reasons (maybe it’s their strongest muscle group and they enjoy really taxing it…or it’s their weakest muscle group and they are trying to build it up) But they still work everything out on a weekly basis.
The worst mistake alot of people make is not working out their legs…maybe they’re lazy and don’t like working out legs or maybe they think their legs are big enough and don’t care what they look like. Thing is…the quads and glutes are big muscles and from everything I’ve been told alot of testosterone is released when you work these muscles which in turn can help everything grow.
uhh…I hope that helps answer ur question in some way.
if ur talkin about muscle isolation, then yea a muscle or two a day is good. but like a muscle a year is stupid, and it takes too long. no one has that much time.
I guess he was doing exactly what you are saying in a way, but I guess you call it being stupid.
I work my legs out, but I have yet to see those lines that runners get. I have big calf(sp?) muscles and my thighs are toned but I dont have the lines in the front, just the back and the sides. I guess im doing the wrong kind of exersise because I never feel the burn in my upper legs, its always below the knee.
Squats my man, squats. Full ass-to-grass squats. Those will definately make your legs grow. I stopped doing leg extensions because I felt like I got nothing out of them. Squats, hack squats, front squats, and leg pressing are way more taxing.
Also, what I reccomend to people who say their legs don’t grow:
20 REP SQUATS
These things are killers. If they don’t make your legs grow, nothing will. 20 rep squats with a 2-1-4 rhythm will bring tears to your eyes (two seconds going up, one second pause at the top, 4 seconds going down).
What’s a good thing to drink after a workout? I heard some type of mix of bananas and soybeans does the trick. Also a friend of mine who does bodybuilding says that you can’t really expect to gain much muscle if you’re going to try to develop a more defined six pack because of the decrease in appetite you get. Is that true?
What do you think about weight gainers?? If they promoted weight gain…would you be able to put on more muscle mass and become stronger in the process?? Cuz I’m having a helluva time going up in weight in some areas now and it’s pissin me off…I just started taking my creatine again and I’ve been considering a weight gainer of some sort.
Ok, since I didn’t see my answer anywhere let me throw it out.
NO! No, you can’t tone one part by itself. You can build up a part more than the other but tone is about low fat percentage.
For example. If you have a gut, weighted crunches are only going to build the muscle. If you want it ripped and toned, you need to burn the fat. That means cardio. You can’t spot reduce fat.
So again, no. You can’t tone a bodypart at a time. You can only build that way. You need cardio and everything will be toned.
BTW, Romie, you rock! Listen to this guy folks, he knows his shiet. I just learned about soy and estrogen a month or two ago. All of SRK should be letting Romie educate them.
Well he’s mostly correct. Don’t bother taking 50g’s protien thou, you’ll only abosorb 30g’s in 1 setting. So spead it out into mutilple shakes. I suggest 1 scoop of GNC Pro Mega Isolate. Also, unless this kids stacking (and I hope he’s not) it won’t matter if he takes whey or soy. It’s not going to make enough difference to effect what he’s trying to get.
btw Madness: are you on a titrate or monohydrate ?
Hey guys i’m trying to lose weight. do you guys recommend any suplements that help burn weight? i hear some dangerous things from my friends long time ago that made him lose conciousness cuz he would lose like 10 pounds a day.
Can someone look at my daily workout? What I want to do is basically cut down my weight and work on my chest, love handles, and abs. I have a horrible diet, I have a cup of coffee for breakfast, eat lunch around 3-5pm which probably entails of a cheeseburger + fries, dinner is usually around 9pm and is probably fast food as well.
Yo here’s what i do. i only work twice a week.
i’m 5’1 and weigh 178 pounds. i worked out heavily for 3 years and stopped for 2 years and now i’m trying to regain it back. thing is i dont have motivation to work out 5 times a day anymore like i used to. and since i turned 20 my metabolism has gone to shit. i’m askin for suplements cuz it’s harder for me to lose weight now.
monday and sundays
run: 1.8-2.0 miles.
bench: light weights and do a burn out till i cant do more for
the night.
after bench i do all upper body. i rarely do sit ups which i know i should do more.
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i just cut back on all soda and have noticed weight loss from it.
Teq: There’s no way you’re going to see lean gains with that type of diet. Also you can lose that cadio run on Tuesday it’s only going to burn the same lean mass you’re trying to build along with the fat (which really won’t go away anyway). For chest you need to alternate bench/tris bench/tirs if your not alrdy. Try 4 sets of 8-10 rep on the benches. Lose the Military Press. Get on cables alot and work interier pecs more than once. Also, you gotta do some tri extensions. But for real thou you won’t see change until you lose that diet.
Ok well first off you shouldn’t be working out more than 3 times a week anyway. For you’re stats I highly discourage weight burning drugs. I say drugs because they have drug-like side effects that are really only for extreme situations. Try to get down 5-6 meals a day. Egg whites and oatmeal for breakfast, have a 30g shake for snack (if possible) or at least some cottage cheese. Skinless chicken Breast and yam or light starch for lunch, another shake for snack and some lean steak, chicken breast or fish for dinner. That alone should correct the weight problem even without much workout. Give it 12 weeks.
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hey i wanted to ask if i feel a tad hungry instead of a meal what kinds of snacks can i eat? like with the shakes you recommend what kinds of shakes are they? and suggest me some healthy snacks too(other than fruits)