Help..again, confused on something

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samaldaas1

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Ok im on the pudgy side. But im weight lifting 6 times a week~ I take protien and creatine and I assume alot of carbs. Basically im workin out trying to gain muscle.

But here is what im stuck on, when your chunky and you weight lift, does it burn fat and turn it into muscle, or just burn fat..do I need to loose some weight in order to see my results?
 
fat doesn't convert into muscle and muscle doesn't convert into fat. They are two different types of cells. You can increase muscle size by making the cells bigger and you can decrease fat by making fat cells smaller. Unfortunately doing both at the same time is very much impossible. Gaining muscle requires a calorie surplus and losing fat you need a calorie defecit.
 
samaldaas1 said:
So I cant burn fat and gain muscles hmm k, ty
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Yes you can lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, it's just hard. If you gain weight easily you may consider focusing more on losing fat (cardio, calorie deficit diet) and when you've lost all the fat you want, start focusing on gaining muscle. You can do both at the same time, it's just takes time
 
To tell you the truth, I find it very easy to do both at the same time. This is of course assuming you're on an "athletic workout". Usually I workout all year to maintain then over the summer I train to gain, then cool down in the fall then gain more during the winter and then play lacrosse in the spring. I find that when I work a hard but simple weight training work out (mostly the compound lifts, no isolation exercises) and work in sprints and agility drills I come out of it much leaner and with way more muscle.
I think that generally, people can do both with ease. This whole cutting cycle and bulking cycle works for the body builders but we're not body builders. We dont stand 60lbs "over weight" with 5% body fat.

I say a mere mortal in the weight lifting world such as every person on this forum can easily gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.
 
I have seen my BF go down and my weight on a scale stay the same. So I guess that means I must have lost fat and gained muscle at the same time by weight training.
 
Streamline said:
fat doesn't convert into muscle and muscle doesn't convert into fat. They are two different types of cells. You can increase muscle size by making the cells bigger and you can decrease fat by making fat cells smaller. Unfortunately doing both at the same time is very much impossible. Gaining muscle requires a calorie surplus and losing fat you need a calorie defecit.
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With this you can answer half of the posts on this website. I just wonder how many times we gotta post to so that it gets through to people.
 
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