Hi Skip, at what point do you think doing cardio interferes with strength training and recovery? I do my cardio before I workout, because after I lift weights I have nothing left at all for cardio, I'm just totally drained. I have tried weights first and I didn't feel like I was any more intense and I just want to skip my cardio when I'm done lifting. I also like to do "long slow" cardio during the day if I can, but that is just for fun, mainly because I can't get out in the winter and do outdoor activities like I'd like to. Is it even possible to burn off muscle?
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01-03-2013, 08:29 AM #7861
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01-03-2013, 09:17 AM #7862
That's a good question, CewSaw.
Any type of exercise you do will drain some of your energy reserves to do even more exercise. You are exerting calories. You are burning calories. And, any time you burn calories, you have the potential to "burn off muscle."
There is a point when cardio interferes with weight training when you do it before your workout. And, the weight training before your cardio can interfere with how much energy you have left for it.
It really comes down to a couple of things:
1. How you prioritize and allocate your energy between the both types of training to meet your overall fitness goals.
2. How well you do everything else "right" in the bodybuilding, training, muscle building, and fat loss process. How well do you follow through with your eating habits? How organized and effective is the planning of those weight training and cardio sessions?
For example, if a person wanted to lose body fat and reliedso heavily on cardio that they did it seven days a week--but didn't put that much attention into their diet-0-they could throw many things off. The seven days of cardio could take away from their energy to have better weight training sessions and unnecessarily burn off too much muscle.
The better solution would be to watch their diet more closely, do fewer cardio sessions, and schedule those cardio session around their intense training sessions.
Also, your MIND play a huge role in all of this. Many times, it simply is not so much about being physically drained--it's abut being mentally drained. Not in all cases, but in many. There is always more inside of us!
Do you understand why it so challenging (and a little misleading) just to give blanket statements like:
Cardio will interfere with your weight training.
Cardio will burn off your hard-earned muscle.
Train Hard. Think Big.
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01-03-2013, 10:49 AM #7863
Skip, my diet countdown has started. I am full of chicken and green beans! Lol I was suprised when I actually fell short of my projected calorie intake. It seems to take a few weeks to get my metabolism rolling. Have you found this to be the case with most people?
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01-03-2013, 11:44 AM #7864
Please explain.
You were full of chicken and greens beans AND you fell short of your projected calories?
What does "projected" mean to you?
Full?...fell short?....and will take a few week to get your metabolism rolling????
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01-03-2013, 01:08 PM #7865
Sorry I wasn't very clear. I set my starting calories for the diet at 3000. I tracked them all day and I was suprised at the end of the day that I had only consumed 2350 and I was full! I remember on my last diet losing weight on 2700 and I was starving!
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01-03-2013, 01:23 PM #7866
Okay. I understand.
Yes. That is very common. If you persist for about a week and half, you will soon get used to that 2,350 calories and actually be hungry. That's when you'll need to strategically add more and more calories and have this process happen over and over again until you reach your TRUE maintenance level.
That's what I mean when I encourage a person to work toward "eating as many calories as humanly possible without getting fat."
The good thing is that your body will efficiently use the calories and nutrients that go beyond your current hunger level--and not just past them as waste.
That is, of course, up to a certain point.
It is your job to find out what that maximum number of calories your body can use without waste--and that is a very individual matter.
You can't just pull an guesstimate off the internet.
And, as you'll see in the next couple of weeks, you can just base how many calories helps your body perform at "optimal" levels by how hungry you are.
It takes work.
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01-03-2013, 01:41 PM #7867
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01-03-2013, 01:46 PM #7868
You are using the word "metabolism" a little too loosely for some people in the scientific research community. LOL
But, for what you are trying to achieve, you will get to where you want by following that plan.
I get what you are saying but everyone doesn't describe it that way.
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01-03-2013, 03:10 PM #7869
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01-03-2013, 03:56 PM #7870
peptides
What happens if your peptide is less than 99.5% pure? Does your body reject it or does it not work? What are fillers and what effect do they have on the body?
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01-03-2013, 04:20 PM #7871
Skip most guys and girls lose much of their sexdrive when they go on long hard diets. I have also read that this also means much lower testosterone levels, and thus the possibilty of keeping musclemass. How did you deal with these things in preparation for contests?
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01-03-2013, 04:42 PM #7872Read my personal story "I Kept This A Secret From You My Entire Natural Bodybuilding Career" ===> www.skiplacour.com/is-this-all-there-is
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01-03-2013, 04:58 PM #7873
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01-03-2013, 05:05 PM #7874
Ive learned things here more then the last 5 years of reading about diets and nutri.
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01-03-2013, 05:07 PM #7875
No. I really didn't think that much about it.
I don't assume that I am going to be severely negatively impacted by things. And, if I am forced to deal what just normally happens, I just do it the best I can.
I never once thought in all the years I competed "Man! My testosterone and other hormones are being affected!"
Were they affected? I guess.
I do know that I was hungry a lot though. LOL
An when I was hungry, I just manned up and worked through it staying focused on what my ultimate goal was.
That's how I dealt with all the downsides that came with contest preparation.
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01-03-2013, 05:11 PM #7876
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01-03-2013, 07:45 PM #7877
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Amino Acids and Proteins
Proteins are made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain and joined together by peptide bonds. Many proteins are the enzymes that catalyze the chemical reactions in metabolism.
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01-04-2013, 06:48 AM #7878
Your Cardio Machine May Read That You've Burned So Many Calories But Don't Eat Just As Much Food
The cardiovascular training machine may read that you've burned so many calories during your session (in terms of exercise)--but you can't directly compare that reading to how many calories (in terms of food) you can and cannot eat.
Although both the cardio machine and your food counts both use "calories," this is not the most effective way to determine if you've created a caloric deficit for the day for a couple of reasons:
First of all, the cardio machine is using "calories" as way to help you measure how much effort you put forth during you session. It's a great way for you to compare how much effort you put into your session versus your previous sessions. These "calories" aren't a direct comparison to the number of calories you are getting from your food in the form of protein, carbohydrates, and fats. So, if you think you can eat 300 more "calories" just because the cardio machine estimated that you "burned" 300 calories, you are going to have a challenge.
Another point that you need to consider is that, if you were to burn 300 "calories" every single cardiovascular training session for the next, let's use as an example, 30 sessions, your body would certainly adapt. Whatever the number of calories that you are really burning in session #1 would be significantly less in session #30 because your body would adapt. That's why it is so important for you increase your intensity during every cardio session.
You also must understand that your "maintenance level" is merely an estimate too. Trying to create a precise formula to establish a caloric deficit with one solid form of measurement (the calories in your food) and two mere estimates (the calories burned reading from a cardio machine and your estimated maintenance level) is not the exact science that many people believe.
This is why you shouldn't rely too much on cardiovascular training and too little on your good, consistent eating habits when trying to lose body fat.
In this video, Skip La Cour discusses these important points that must be considered when you are trying to lose body fat.
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01-04-2013, 08:31 AM #7879
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01-04-2013, 08:38 AM #7880
Hey Skip, thanks for what you're doing and I can see that I have a lot of reading to do in this thread, but it certainly seems to be loaded with great information.
I have a question: I'm 43 y.o. and have been reading 'Beyond Brawn' by Stuart McRobert. I was wondering what you think of his 'abbreviated training' if you are familiar with it. It seems tailor made for me at this point in my life but I wanted to get a drug-free pro's opinion.Hebrews 12: 1,2
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01-04-2013, 11:24 AM #7881Read my personal story "I Kept This A Secret From You My Entire Natural Bodybuilding Career" ===> www.skiplacour.com/is-this-all-there-is
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01-04-2013, 12:59 PM #7882
Thanks for the honest reply, much appreciated. I'll give disclosure also; I'm almost 3/4 of the way through this behemoth and I'd like to put something pretty specific together to ask you, so if I could I'd like to ask maybe next week when I have some real exercises/sets/reps figured out.
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01-04-2013, 01:29 PM #7883
Ok, tnthudson.
I will be happy to look at what you have put together.
The more specific you can be, the better I can answer your questions.
I will tell you this after reading the reviews, I am big into the power of your MIND when it comes to succeeding with your bodybuilding and training--and everything else in life.
I have real challenge with a person of authority encouraging you to adopt the identity of a "hardgainer." Even defining that label as someone with "average genetics or below."
Maybe you can shed some light on that for me when you outline your program.
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01-04-2013, 02:37 PM #7884
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During your scheduled week off training, do you recommend reducing your daily caloric intake since you won't be burning as many calories during a non-training week?
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01-04-2013, 04:34 PM #7885
Here's a video just for you, henderjb.
Adjusting Your Caloric Intake On The Days You Don't Train With Weights and Take Entire Weeks Off
Many dedicated people who train wonder if they should eat fewer calories on the days they don't train. Skip La Cour gives you his perspective on this topic during this video.
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01-05-2013, 08:57 AM #7886
How Important Is Counting Your Calories When You Are Striving To Maximize Your Bodybuilding Efforts?
Do you really need to weigh your food and count your calories if you want to build an awesome body? In this video, Skip La Cour answers this question.
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01-06-2013, 08:15 AM #7887
"Intense" Cardiovascular Training Helps You Lose Fat More Efficiently
All types of cardiovascular training can help you in your efforts to lose body fat but, in this video, Skip La Cour explains how increasing your "intensity" can help you do it more efficiently.
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01-07-2013, 05:26 AM #7888
Week #2
Sound again off MASS MACHINES!
What's one MAJOR thing you WILL accomplish this week that has been lingering--and you know you absolutely MUST get it done? It can be either inside or outside of the gym.
Commit to finally getting it done right here.
I will ask you this every single week in 2013 and do whatever I can to help you follow through. That's my commitment to YOU.
You are a MASS MACHINE!
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01-07-2013, 10:39 AM #7889
I will get my caloric intake as well as my macro's established. 16 week countdown, I am a Mass Machine!
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01-07-2013, 12:04 PM #7890
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