Build Muscle And Lose Fat At The Same Time?why Not?
This is a devout wish of every fitness enthusiast I know: to build muscle and lose fat simultaneously.
To put things on the right basis we have to observe that the above goals are to a certain extent contradictory and the reasons for this are- among else:
-fat loss needs a catabolic environment, induced either from food reduction or from fat burning exercise increase(cardio,etc)
-muscle building on the contrary necessitates a caloric surplus-and a positive nitrogen balance of course- plus a drastic cut in cardio.
So logic and experience dictate the dissociation of the two goals and their fulfilment in distinct phases.
This might not be obligatory for complete novices,anabolic users and a very limited number of gifted people.
But for ordinary people it is difficult to kill two birds with one stone except if....(we will come back in a minute)
Now, the difficulty of this undertaking does not justify the mindless pigging out and the silly body weight yo-yo effect on part of many exercisers.
It simply does not make sense with all this knowledge and available know-how ,since it is well documented that frequent body weight ups and downs will incur serious,undesirable consequences for the future!
The procedure should be mild and under full control.The strategic weapon here is nutrition, the right manipulation of which can effect wonders.
Two things of utmost importance will be:
*the minimization of fat consumption during the bulking periods or mini-periods
*and the minimization again of lean muscle mass loss during the cutting periods
In the 2nd part we will see the method I follow to stay lean and defined all the year round.
With this method ,even quite lean exercisers can achieve both goals but the numbers -as logical-cannot be so impressive.
In the end it is simply a matter of choice!
Use this method to fine-tune your body composition when necessary.
Adopt this method and forget about bulking,cutting and the yo-yo effect!