It's always better to gain slowly but and stay lean, than to
gain high percentage of body fat and then cut it down.
I know 18.5 % is typically recommended as the lowest for women in that age range but it seems counterintuitive to intentionally overeat and be lazy to
gain a higher percentage of body fat.
Not exact matches
When they do return to the weight they were, their
body composition comprises a
higher percentage of body fat than before they dieted, predisposing them to further weight
gain, as
fat burns just a third
of the energy muscle does.
Endomorphs are characterized by round
bodies, a
high percentage of body fat, and a slow metabolism which results in weight
gain even when diverging only a little from a clean food diet.
Endomorphs have a
higher percentage of body fat, tend to
gain weight easily and find it hard to lose weight.
«Endomorphs have a
higher percentage of body fat, tend to
gain weight easily and find it hard to lose weight,» says accredited exercise physiologist Anna - Louise Moule.
a lower
body fat percentage is really my only goal [i don't mind a
higher weight, a
gain in muscle, any
of that], and i'll have fun getting to it any way i can.