cutting diet

pil said:

I have been lifting weights for some time now and gained a lot of weight,
especially around my abs. I need to cut for a few months now. I don't want
to lose the muscle I gained though.

Depending on how low you plan to get your body fat percentage it is
pretty much inevitable that you will lose some muscle along the way.

To reduce the amount of muscle do the following:

Lose no more than about a pound a week.
Make sure you get adequate protein.
Do not go overboard on the cardio. Better to eat less and do less
cardio than to eat more and do more cardio.

Quoted message said:

I understand that I need a lot of cardio exercise to burn the fat.

Not true.

Quoted message said:

How about
my weight training?

Keep weight training. You might find some decrease strength especially
when you lose a lot of weight. Go with moderate to heavy weights and
low to moderate reps.

Quoted message said:

And as for supplements I would think going for a pure protein supplement
with a creatine supplement (cutting the carbohydrates a bit). Please give
some advice.

Don't need supplements.

RC

Quoted message said:

Thanks

Its true you will lose some muscle, but if nothing else while you
decrease you body fat, you muscles will "look" bigger. I would do low
moderate intensity cardio for about 40 minutes, ot HIIT training for
about 16 minutes. You want to burn the maximun amount of fat while
retaining as much muscle as possible. I would keep the lifting routine
the same but decrease rest periods between sets in order to keep your
heart rate raised, and by doing so burn more calories/fat. I would
personally use a whey protein, a good multivitamin and some fish oil
capsules as supplements.

Having said all of that the most important changes you need to make are
in diet. Try www.fitday.com , to see how many calories you're consuming
vs using. You want a deficit of about 500 cals. so you can lose a
healthy 1-2 lbs/week.

On 27 Sep 2005 21:42:28 -0700, "thephoenix" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I would keep the lifting routine
the same but decrease rest periods between sets in order to keep your
heart rate raised, and by doing so burn more calories/fat.

Of course he's completely wrong, and an idiot, but nobody's paying
attention anyways.

TheBillRogers said:

On 27 Sep 2005 21:42:28 -0700, "thephoenix" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I would keep the lifting routine
the same but decrease rest periods between sets in order to keep your
heart rate raised, and by doing so burn more calories/fat.

Of course he's completely wrong, and an idiot, but nobody's paying
attention anyways.

Just to clarify, this is probably the dope who thinks you'll burn more
calories if you run a fast mile, as opposed to a slow one. You burn
exactly the same amount of cals per mile whether you do it fast or
slow, and the same is true of lifting. With rests or not, you burn
precisely the same amount of cals.

TheBillRogers said:

On 27 Sep 2005 21:42:28 -0700, "thephoenix" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I would keep the lifting routine
the same but decrease rest periods between sets in order to keep your
heart rate raised, and by doing so burn more calories/fat.

Of course he's completely wrong, and an idiot, but nobody's paying
attention anyways.

Just to clarify, this is probably the dope who thinks you'll burn more
calories if you run a fast mile, as opposed to a slow one. You burn
exactly the same amount of cals per mile whether you do it fast or
slow, and the same is true of lifting. With rests or not, you burn
precisely the same amount of cals.

In article <[email hidden]>,

TheBillRogers said:

Just to clarify, this is probably the dope who thinks you'll burn more
calories if you run a fast mile, as opposed to a slow one. You burn
exactly the same amount of cals per mile whether you do it fast or
slow,

According to the charts I've seen, you burn more calories the faster
you go. However, the increase is slight; there's a small jump between
walking and slow jogging, a very small increase from jogging through
slow runninng, and a noticeable increase when the speed gets up to
sprinting.

Quoted message said:

and the same is true of lifting. With rests or not, you burn
precisely the same amount of cals.

In the lift itself, yes. But the amount your underlying metabolism
speeds up can vary.

Seth
--
Who cares? Shut up and lift. -- Watson (the pencil neck) Davis

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:44:48 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Seth

Breidbart) said:

According to the charts I've seen, you burn more calories the faster
you go. However, the increase is slight; there's a small jump between
walking and slow jogging, a very small increase from jogging through
slow runninng, and a noticeable increase when the speed gets up to
sprinting.

Really? What "charts"? This is total [censored]. The only way it'd be
more is if you rn farther.