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burn of the belly without losing the muscle
I am 16 and am in my first few weeks of weight training I want to build big muscles and be bulky
but I also want to lose my belly fat and fat around my waist. I am eating alot of carbs prtein and calories for the first few months to build my muscles with but then I plan on trying to burn fat in about 2 and half months. What will be the best way to do this should I reduce my calories and carbs but increase my protein and how often should I train with weights and do cardio?
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April 8th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Yeah just do what you said. You only loose fat if you create a caloric deficit, which means reducing the number of calories you put in your body. But increasing or keeping a high protein diet will keep the muscle mass on you, but be sure to eat your carbs to keep your energy levels up. For building muscle you need to train each body part at least once a week, so try and go 3/4 times a week. When you come to loosing some fat the same applies. 3/4 times a week cardio for about 30-45 minutes. NO MORE THAN THIS! otherwise you will start to see muscle mass being lost.
Good Luck
April 8th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
cheers m8 will do
April 13th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Liposuction. I’m kidding mate (although it will work). To burn fat, what you wanna do is interval training. Working at a submaximal rate (85-90% MHR) for 30-60 seconds on something like the rowing machine, then having a minute rowing easy, around 60% MHR. Call this one set, then doing around 3-4 sets. Find another machine, such as the bike, and repeat. Do this after you have been lifting weights or on separate days to weightlifting and you will shred the fat off ya belly.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:25 am
cheers m8 ill give that a try.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Oh yea 1 more thing im trying 2 gain muscle mass now so im trainig with weights 4 times a week mon tues weds and fri so should I do the interval training on the thurs or not or should I do it more than once week?
April 15th, 2007 at 11:28 am
You’re better off doing it on saturday if possible, then maybe on tuesday after your weight training. Experiment with it on thursday, there’s probably nothing wrong with it, but for the first couple of weeks you might want that as a recovery day. Hope that helps. Post on here if you need to ask anything more.
April 15th, 2007 at 11:35 am
What sort of training are you doing? If it’s whole body training, then you can get away with doing some of the interval training (one machine only) after 1 or 2 weight sessions. Definitely devote a day to just interval training. If you’re doing splits (which I hope you’re not), then do interval training on one machine after each session. Then do a full interval training session on the weekend. Eating less calories than you burn off per day is the way to lose weight. But remember that ‘lipids burn in a carbohydrate flame’, so do not neglect carbs from your diet.
April 15th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Also, it takes an energy expenditure of 3500kcals to lose 1 pound of fat. Bear this in mind with your training to see how much weight you can lose.