subject: Gain Muscle, Lose Fat, and Look your Best – 4 New Tips [print this page] Gain Muscle, Lose Fat, and Look your Best 4 New Tips
If you're trying to gain muscle, lose fat, and get the physique you've always wanted, you may be having some trouble with your diet, your training, or perhaps even both. It seems that most trainees can either train hard but not eat right, or can eat right but don't have their training down right. There are a lot of places to screw up on the road to a lean, muscular physique.
You can find out exactly how to weight train, eat big, and supplement for maximum muscle mass gains, or you can read on to find 5 great tips on how to gain muscle, lose fat, and get a big, strong, and lean body.
1. One Goal at a Time
Now you can certainly gain muscle, lose fat, and improve your overall strength and appearance in one time period. However, the most efficient path to a physique that is both lean AND muscular is to focus on goal, fat loss or muscle gain, at a time. Unless you're starting off very, very fat, you probably will need to spend the vast majority of your time focusing on getting bigger and stronger.
2. High-Intensity Training
If there's one thing that really forces your body to change for the better, to possibly gain muscle and lose fat at the same time, it's hard weight training. There are many ways to train with weights, but if you're not going at it hard and heavy most of the time, you're simply not going to be getting the best possible results.
3. Squats and Deadlifts for Reps
You may have already heard the squats and deadlifts are two of the best exercises to gain muscle, lose fat, and get a physique that truly looks strong. However, many trainees do these exercises only for sets of 5 or so reps. Going higher, even with lighter weight, is just plain hard work! Try doing squats for sets of 15-20 and deadlifts for sets of 10-15. Your muscle mass gains will skyrocket.
4. Strength Above All Else
Think about what the numbers might look like if you want to gain muscle, lose fat, and do them both at once. Let's say you go from 200 pounds at 20 percent body fat to 200 pounds at 10 percent body fat. That's the same bodyweight, but a lean mass gain of about 20 pounds! To get those kinds of results you're after, you're going to have to gain serious strength. Stop worrying about gimmicky training techniques and start thinking about getting really strong!
