Questions tagged [muscle-loss]
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How to calculate muscle loss during weight loss from body fat over time?
I want to calculate muscle loss during losing weight from body fat recorded over time.
Let, during time t1, the recorded weight and body fat
percentage are w1 and f1 consecutively, and
during time t1,...
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Does losing 6kg weight and 2.5kg body fat mean you've lost 3.5kg of muscle?
I've recently dropped from 85kg 16.5% body fat to 79kg and 14.5% body fat.
Does that mean that I had:
14kg of body fat (16.5% of 85)
And now I have:
11.5kg of body fat (14.5% of 79)
Meaning that ...
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Unexplained muscle mass loss
Recently my gym bought a fat analyzer (InBody scanner). I have used it twice now. I'm a bit perplexed and disappointed by the results.
A little back story:
I'm 39. I've been maintaining the same ...
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Gaining Fat, Losing Muscle?
So I am working out for around 1 and a half years now, about 1 year ago I started tracking my body fat and my muscle percentage. It both was stable at 14% fat and 44.5% muscle. Last two weeks I ...
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Going on a 2 month exchange program and I don't know what will happen to my muscle gains
This December I'm leaving for an exchange program in the United States in which I will be spending 1 month in a family home in California, and the rest of the time touring around the country.
The ...
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Can you actually lose strength from exercising (for example, if you don't get enough food)?
As far I understand, typical muscle growth from excercise occurs as follows:
- cause microdamage in muscles with heavy excercise
- microdamage is repaired by your body and a bit of extra muscle tissue ...
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How do I lose muscle and fat in my thighs?
I am struggling with how thick and large my thighs are and I really want to slim them down. How do I do this? I power walk on the treadmill for an hour a day and sometimes I do endurance running but I ...
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Losing Lean Muscle Mass (Detraining)
I have never fully understood how this exactly works. These questions pertain to the long term effects of strength training only.
Basic Physiology of Hypertrophy (what is understood)
During muscle ...
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Preserve muscles while fasting
Within 10 days, the fasting month of muslims will start ( Ramadan Month). In this month muslims fast all the day( not eating or drinking from morning till the sun set). So in such a case what is the ...
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Do bodybuilders lose muscle mass faster than powerlifters?
I understood that people who train for mass (a.k.a bodybuilders) have a different muscle composition then people who train for strength (a.k.a powerlifters). Bodybuilders have more non-contractive ...
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How to lose muscle weight to improve endurance?
I am a formerly overweight person who has lost weight and is interested in endurance sports such as distance running.
I feel my previous overweight frame has left me with chunky/rounded calf muscles ...
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How can I lose muscle mass in my quads and ham strings (thighs?)
I would really appreciate the help on how to lose muscle mass in the thigh area? Ever since I recovered from weight loss (40kg back up to 46kg, age 20, female, 1.66m), I started taking lysine and ...
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No carbs before sleep. But how long before?
Facts
You need carbs (preferebaly fast absorbing type) after a full on gym session to fuel the muscle and stop the body from losing muscle.
It's always recomended not to take carbs before sleep. (I ...
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How is energy derived from muscle, fat and glucose at different intensities?
I have learned that during aerobic exercising the body converts different sources of energy: glucose, fat and muscle. However, different ratios are used in different situations.
So what are the ...
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During muscle loss, are muscle fibers destroyed or do they just shrink?
I read somewhere that muscle fibers stay around when you lose muscle but that they only shrink (hence why people can more quickly re-add muscle after a long break than when they first put it on).
Is ...
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What plyometric exercises can a person on crutches do?
I have recently fractured my fifth metatarsal while playing football (soccer) and so my usual weekly exercise of running, weightlifting, and football will have to be put on hold for some time.
I am ...
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Does high intake of protein while in catabolic mode prevent muscle loss?
This might seem like an obvious question, but I'm currently exercising a lot and losing a lot of weight (through diet), and I'm afraid that shedding this much weight that I'm putting myself in a ...
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If I build up my muscles and then don't use them for a while, then will the “build-up” regress after a while?
And if so, is regression more powerful if I build up my muscles from, say, the 90th percentile to the 99th percentile as compared to from the 30th percentile to the 50th percentile? As in, is the "...
