Tue, Oct-14-03, 13:27
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Former Couch Potato
Posts: 1,877
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 209/195.5/165
BF:Oh yeah!
Progress: 31%
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I've been trying to get this all sorted out, too. From what I'm reading, too much cardio while you are restricting food (i.e. in a calorie deficit) can lead to losing more lean muscle mass - not a good thing. Already, those of us who are losing weight are losing some lean muscle mass (though low-carb is apparently better for this than other weight loss plans, due to the protein intake).
Weight training, on the other hand, will help preserve the muscle mass you have while you continue to "diet". This is good because you will burn more fat as muscle requires more energy than fat. Plus you're toning up what you've got which helps make you smaller, if not lighter.
I've been told not to expect to GAIN much lean muscle mass while "dieting" because you must be in a calorie surplus to add muscle. But maintaining what you've got is critical.
I'm planning to focus mainly on resistance training with minimal cardio as warm-up. I'll boost cardio once I'm closer to my goal weight.
Any feedback from the experts on this plan?
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