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Is it possible to be on a diet to lose belly fat and increase exersize to build muscle?
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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 87633" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>You are going to have a hell of a time trying to add muscle tissue on 1650 cal/day let alone training in the gym for 2hrs/4 days a week and mountain biking 14-20 miles/3 days a week. I had stated before that building muscle requires more calories 250-500cal/day above BMR (basal metabolic rate) than maintaining muscle. For every new pound of muscle tissue (actin/myosin) one adds to their frame the body will burn roughly an extra 50-100 cal/day at rest as adding muscle tissue will increase ones metabolic rate. Your body composition changes have come to a stand still as your body may now be in preservation mode and in order to start seeing gains in the gym you will have to increase your calories slightly a little at a time. As far as your macros if you are eating roughly 200 grams protein/day that is 800 cal and if the rest is coming from mostly fibrous carbs (vegetables) and you are hardly taking in any fat and following a low carb diet than a lot of your protein is being burned up as fuel as oppose to being used to repair/rebuild new muscle proteins. As far as training in the gym compound movements- deadlift/squats/bench press/bent over barbell rows/chins/dips/close-grip bench/military press will result in more gains overall as you are stimulating the break down of a greater number of muscle fibers- think back/legs is where one will pack on the most muscle as if you end up being that strictly bis/tris/shoulders/chest training only guy in the gym do not expect too much muscle growth. You also stated that "2 months ago my T dose was doubled but I felt no improvement in any of the areas T is supposed to help". Sure having ones testosterone levels in a healthy physiological range especially in the upper end of the range (high/normal) will aid in one building muscle/losing body fat but if and only if your diet is in check and you are consuming enough calories/protein to add muscle as diet is critical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 87633, member: 13851"] You are going to have a hell of a time trying to add muscle tissue on 1650 cal/day let alone training in the gym for 2hrs/4 days a week and mountain biking 14-20 miles/3 days a week. I had stated before that building muscle requires more calories 250-500cal/day above BMR (basal metabolic rate) than maintaining muscle. For every new pound of muscle tissue (actin/myosin) one adds to their frame the body will burn roughly an extra 50-100 cal/day at rest as adding muscle tissue will increase ones metabolic rate. Your body composition changes have come to a stand still as your body may now be in preservation mode and in order to start seeing gains in the gym you will have to increase your calories slightly a little at a time. As far as your macros if you are eating roughly 200 grams protein/day that is 800 cal and if the rest is coming from mostly fibrous carbs (vegetables) and you are hardly taking in any fat and following a low carb diet than a lot of your protein is being burned up as fuel as oppose to being used to repair/rebuild new muscle proteins. As far as training in the gym compound movements- deadlift/squats/bench press/bent over barbell rows/chins/dips/close-grip bench/military press will result in more gains overall as you are stimulating the break down of a greater number of muscle fibers- think back/legs is where one will pack on the most muscle as if you end up being that strictly bis/tris/shoulders/chest training only guy in the gym do not expect too much muscle growth. You also stated that "2 months ago my T dose was doubled but I felt no improvement in any of the areas T is supposed to help". Sure having ones testosterone levels in a healthy physiological range especially in the upper end of the range (high/normal) will aid in one building muscle/losing body fat but if and only if your diet is in check and you are consuming enough calories/protein to add muscle as diet is critical. [/QUOTE]
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