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07-11-2004, 04:03 PM #1Junior Member
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Burning Muscle: two questions.
doesn't lifting heavy, i.e., tearing muscle, make you BURN even more muscle when you're on a cutting diet?
is it good to do lifting with high reps on a cutting diet, to avoid atrophy ("use it or lose it?")
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07-11-2004, 04:07 PM #2
It won't hurt you either way as long as you stay in the target heart rate during cardio and take in plenty of protein. By doing heavy sets in the negatives you are lifting for size and strength as opposed to light sets and high reps you are lifting for shape. Thats the basis I go by..
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07-11-2004, 04:13 PM #3Junior Member
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what about long lasting food deprivation? does that tend to prefer using muscle than fat? should I be eating a "normal" diet (whatever that is), and depending on the HIT training to burn fat?
And I know people say you need lots of protein, but I don't see a need in going over 100grams daily. You just **** out the excess amiino acids anyway. But here's a more relevant question: how long are the amino acids provided by the protein you ate going to be available for your body to use?
Also,
anyone know anything about amphetamine use? I'm ADHD and get prescribed adderall. Of course I don't take it when I want to bulk, but does anyone know what kind of effects it has on muscle vs. fat consumption? Sometimes it seems I can "feel" muscle burning. It's a warm feeling that will come in that particular bodypart.
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07-11-2004, 04:17 PM #4
Shaping and cutting go hand in hand. HIgh reps dont shape muscles. Diet is what shapes muscles. Everyone should be training both fast-twitch and slow-twitch fibres. Any good workout program should focus on both high reps and low reps this way you are attacking both muscle fibres. I do this by having several weeks of heavy lifting and switching to a few weeks of high reps and lower weights but intensity is always high wether its light or heavy.
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07-11-2004, 04:27 PM #5Junior Member
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right, right.. good advise on the fast-twitch/slow-twitch high-reps/low-reps technique. But my real concern is finding out what the best method of cutting is that burns fat but not so much muscle. Or what exactly I'm doing wrong to burn so much muscle.
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07-11-2004, 04:27 PM #6
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Originally Posted by ziggyj
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07-11-2004, 04:31 PM #7
also to add upon dcb's suggestions.. reason why food deprivation is a horrible thing to do is beacuse, since your body doesnt go into starvation mode and like a camel in the desert starts saving vital ingredients for the long run. thus converting it to fat. when you provide your body with constant fuel the metabolism raises.
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07-11-2004, 04:54 PM #8AR Hall of Fame
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CAPS.
Originally Posted by ziggyj
I'm bushed.
~SC~
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07-11-2004, 06:30 PM #9Originally Posted by SwoleCat
you work too hard, SC
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