Timeline for All things being equal, does muscle build faster than fat burns?
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| Jan 19, 2015 at 8:17 | comment | added | Pibara | @rrirower, goal weight is utter nonsense, your weight really doesn't matter, your body composition does. You can get a lower body fat percentage by gaining muscle or by loosing fat. You can do both at the same time but than both will be slow in progress. You can gain muscle really fast if you are willing to accept fat mass gain (while still improving percentage wise) or you can loose fat really fast if you are willing to loose some muscle mass. If for example your goal is to go from 100kg@50% to 90kg@10%, bulking plus ripping will get you there much faster than trying to do both simultaneous. | |
| Jan 19, 2015 at 8:08 | comment | added | Pibara | @rrirower, 10 to 12 weeks is a short period of time in your book? There are multiple reasons why 'ripping' can not be maintained and two of the most important ones are related to a hormone called leptin. Stripping intra-muscular fat without “losing a bit of muscle” is a nice goal, with current knowledge however its not a realistic goal though.A yo-yo diet is what happens if you focus purely on weight loss. You will loose weight (both fat and muscle), your BMR goes down and as a result your weight goes up again (this time mostly fat). Been there. Started out at 140kg@30%, ended at 110 kg@50%. | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 18:27 | comment | added | rrirower | It's goal is to maintain mass by stripping intra-muscular fat without “losing a bit of muscle”. And, contrary to popular opinion, it can be accomplished without resorting to “lower weights, higher repetitions”. In fact, what you propose as a “period of ripping with periods of bulking can be construed as yo-yo dieting. A better approach is to maintain a solid nutrition program while trying to stay within 3 to 5 pounds of a goal weight. | |
| Jan 16, 2015 at 18:27 | comment | added | rrirower | Your answer is somewhat fraught with assumption and misconception. It implies that bodybuilders regularly cycle between what you call 'ripping' and 'bulking'. This is not accurate. 'Ripping', or, contest preparation, is only done for a short period of time (approximately 10 to 12 weeks) prior to a competition. It is a strict protocol of training and nutrition that cannot be maintained for long periods of time due to the physical and mental stress it causes. | |
| Jan 15, 2015 at 20:18 | history | answered | Pibara | CC BY-SA 3.0 |