How many calories for losing weight and retaining muscle???
how many calories should I be getting a day, if i wanna drop some serious weight(fat), and not lose any muscle???
I train 7 days a week, and do about an hour of cardio 7 days a week as well.
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12-10-2002, 04:26 PM #1Registered User
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How many calories for losing weight and retaining muscle???
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12-10-2002, 05:19 PM #2Registered User
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Re: How many calories for losing weight and retaining muscle???
about 10X your body weight.Originally posted by mojo57
how many calories should I be getting a day, if i wanna drop some serious weight(fat), and not lose any muscle???
I train 7 days a week, and do about an hour of cardio 7 days a week as well.
200 Lbs X 10 = 2000 calories.
Thats ballpark, you may have to adjust by as much as 5% depending on your metabolism. Some people have a very high metabolism. Just make sure you are getting at least a gram of protein per LB of weight. And look into some glutamine.Signature donated to the memory of Raprazant.
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12-10-2002, 05:21 PM #3Registered User
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You train 7 days a week and do cardio for an hour 7 days a week? Welcome to Overtraining-ville, population - YOU!
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12-10-2002, 05:57 PM #4Registered User
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are u saying, by overtraining I wont lose as much weight???
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I totally agree, thats WAY too much to do man. Yeah you'll lose weight all right, but you will also lose a **** load of muscle too. 7 hours of cardio a week is too much. Plus whats your lifting split look like, ie Mon-chest/shoulders, Wed-Bi's/Tri's......etc. If you train each body part more that 2 times a week than your overtraining! More is not better in this case, it takes time. If you continue at that rate, you will end up losing alot of muscle. I do cardio about 3-4 times a week, with 3 sessions = 20-30min high intensity and 1-2 sessions @ 10-15 min high intensity. Even with that Im afraid I will lose muscle.Originally posted by BMV
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12-10-2002, 08:01 PM #6Registered User
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ive been doing this for 4 months now, and i havent lost any muscle x'ept for 35 pounds of fat. I train chest alone and legs alone, bi's and trys together, and back and shoulders together, but im starting to get tired:|
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12-10-2002, 08:13 PM #7Registered User
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Yeah sounds like your training is burning you out; your starting to overtrain. Just take it down a notch, and you should be fine.Originally posted by mojo57
ive been doing this for 4 months now, and i havent lost any muscle x'ept for 35 pounds of fat. I train chest alone and legs alone, bi's and trys together, and back and shoulders together, but im starting to get tired:|*Old Skool Misc Crew*
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12-10-2002, 11:59 PM #8
How much is too much cardio? Between wrestling practice and my boxing workouts I'm sure I do more than that. Plus I will usually do one or two HIIT sessions a week.
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