Comments on: Yahoo Answers – How Do I Lose Abdominal Fat While Still Gaining Muscle Mass?

By: LaGuardia Limousine

LaGuardia Limousine — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:58:23 +0000

You need to eat a lot of high quality protein and carbs in order to efficiently build muscle mass from an intensive weight training program. Working out with really heavy weight will help build power and mass.

By: billspac

billspac — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:23:34 +0000

You will need to follow a plan specific to losing body fat and building muscle mass simultaneously. See the source box below for the full program.
Your diet is the most important aspect of your bodybuilding regimen. In fact, it may be 80 percent nutrition and 20 percent training.
Your nutritional program will consist of very high protein from sources like nonfat milk, eggs, beef, chicken, and fish. For the first two weeks, refrain from eating bread or potatoes and other starchy or complex carbs, other than from vegetables.
You will drop a considerable amount of bodyfat the first two weeks, then your losses will taper off. In week 3, add in small amounts of bread and potatoes as well as fruit.
Stay away from juice. While it may be highly nutritious, it is too concentrated and you can kill your caloric intake with just a few cups.
Also refrain from weight gain shakes. Instead, pick up a meal replacement powder like MetRx. Mix up some in the morning with water and carry with you throughout the day, sipping every 15 to 20 minutes. Use these for your pre- and post-workout meals, too.
For your weight training, you will have to concentrate on building as much mass as you can. Do complex movements like Squats, Bench Presses, and Deadlifts. The idea here is to stimulate as much muscle growth in as very little time as possible.
Do a 3-way split routine, training the legs on Monday, the back on Wednesday, and chest on Friday. Fit in shoulders, arms, and calves wherever they fit best.
On non-weight days, do some form of cardio. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s running, cycling, walking, or some other form of aerobic activity. I suggest you mix intervals in with a more traditional approach.
If you follow these simple guidelines, you can build muscle and lose bodyfat simultaneously. It’s certainly difficult, but not impossible. And it’s more mental than physical.

By: Wade @ T.O. Fitness

Wade @ T.O. Fitness — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:48:49 +0000

Being an ectomorph it is true that you will be burning some muscle mass when doing ‘extensive cardio’, but if you keep eating the right foods and continue with your exercise program the fat storages will continue to burn up.
I would stick with your current routine, but eat high calories. You are probably very skinny and you body is burning the foods your consuming fairly quickly. Remember to space our your diet accordingly.
If you want a great diet and exercise routine to help you put on and conserve muscle while loosing your fat stores, then i would be happy to help create one. Check out my site at http://www.tofitness.ca or you can email me at naturalbbglory@gmail.com and i will send it to my business account (for spam reasons).
Wade