Losing fat why building muscle?

[michael74737]

Is this possible. Right now I do weight training 4 tiems a week, 1.5hrs a session. I want to lose about 5-8lbsa of fat. So my question is is it possible to keep building muscles while losing fat? If so please give me some tips.

age:16
Ht:5'6
Weight:148

 

[bulletproof1]

you will be more productive focusing on doing 1 at a time.

 

[Uzi9]

you will be more productive focusing on doing 1 at a time.

Thats true but I can gain muscle and lose fat although noway near the degree I could do if I just focused on one thing.

If I was you I would just concentrate on getting big first and try not to "gain more fat" so you must eat quite clean but enough to be in a caloire postitve state while eating enough protien to build muscle, although you might gain fat you hopefully will gain much more muscle so your bodyfat % will drop as you are gaining muscle mass faster then fat which will tilt the balance towards a lower BF%.

Example:

Louie is 150lbs 20% BF = 30lbs of fat and 120lbs of LBM (lean body mass, muslce bone etc)

120 % of 30 = 4 so for every 4 pounds of LMB Louie has he has 1 pound of fat 4:1 ratio

24 months later Louie is 200lbs, he has gained 45lbs of muscle and 5lbs of fat (5:1 ratio)

so we know now he had 30lbs of bodyfat before, but now at 200lbs of bodyweight he has 35lbs of fat (30+5)

35/200 times 100=17.5% bodyfat

So Louie has gone from 20% BF to 17.5% body fat while GAINING fat, but by gaining muscle to fat more then a 4:1 ratio

And you say as your about 148lbs (almost Louies weight of 150) that you want to lose 5lbs of fat then Louie who lost 2.5% of bodyfat which is 2.5% of 200lbs = 5lbs of lost bodyfat in APPEARANCE to his body in percentage speaking.

 

[wtfzor]

believe it or not the best way to lose fat is to do weight training(and no I don't mean spot reduction), so just stick to it(unless you are fat) you can do light cardio, but not too much because you could lose muscle.

 

[CowPimp]

Is this possible. Right now I do weight training 4 tiems a week, 1.5hrs a session. I want to lose about 5-8lbsa of fat. So my question is is it possible to keep building muscles while losing fat? If so please give me some tips.

age:16
Ht:5'6
Weight:148

You're weight training for too long. It's going to be hard to gain much muscle like that. 75 minutes at the absolute most (60 minutes is a better cutoff), and no more than two days of weight training in a row. Testosterone levels begin to drop off heavily if you go for too long.

In your other thread, you stated that you work biceps for 50-60 minutes. That is ludicrous. No single muscle deserves that kind of attention. Here are some good base numbers to start with:

Chest: 9 sets
Shoulders: 6 sets
Triceps: 4 sets
Back: 12 sets
Biceps: 4 sets
Upper Legs: 12 sets
Calves: 6 sets
Abs: 9 sets (Do weighted exercises!)

Anyway, if you want to do anything concerning the loss of bodyfat, then diet is key. Stroll over to the diet & nutrition forum. Please read the stickies before doing anything else over there!

 

[SportinStyle]

My Biceps must disagree with you CowPimp. They are my high point (and getting huge) and my genetics suck but I have ALWAYS done 9 sets of biceps.

I mean if it works for you sure, but I think you need more than 4 (but never over 10).

 

[SportinStyle]

Actually just looked back at your post, it said "to start with" so I guess that could be right. Nm.