Not exact matches
Or do you want to maybe compromise muscular gains, growing
at a much slower rate but you look
lean the whole way while trying to
put on muscle?
Some people think that they're able to both bulk and cut
at the same time, which according to Danny Kavadlo is virtually impossible because you can't expect to
put on extra pounds of
lean muscle without also adding some body fat.
If you're not sure how to do it, this article will help you navigate through the bulking season and
put on the desired amount of
lean muscle at last!
Overtraining has a reverse effect
on your efforts by lowering your levels of anabolic hormones, slowing down your recovery and
putting your
lean muscle mass
at risk — don't forget, you need to maintain those
muscles in order to keep your metabolism running high.
Sure, if you are stuffing yourself with wings, pizza, and chips, you might get stronger, and you might even
put some
muscle on, but the chances of getting
leaner along with it are weak
at best.
It's common sense, the body was built to
put on excess fat for the
lean times, using
muscle first for energy is just stupid,
at 5 % body fat yes.
If you were to just
put on five pounds
lean muscle, that would translate to an extra 250 calories burned every day - this is roughly equivalent to running (
at 6mph) for about 23 minutes.
But using interval training workouts, you can
put the accelerator
on unhealthy fat loss while
at the very least maintaining your
lean muscle mass.
Ben: Yeah, I'm a bigger fan of not eating so much that you start to
put on a gut, and this is kinda like finding that balance because if you eat a lot of food you're gonna
put on muscle even more quickly, you're gonna stay in that anabolic state more readily but you also risks some of it getting turn into fat so I'm a bigger fan of sacrificing your rate of
muscle gain if you can stay
lean while
at the same time that you're
putting on muscle.