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Question about toning up
- Thread starter canaduse
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First, how low is "lower?" Cut cals by too large a number and you will certainly lose muscle.
Assuming your cals are in check, 2 things I recommend are upping you protein intake a bit and altering your weight lifting program.
The extra aminos in the blood will obviously help with muscle maintenance, as your body will turn to this before the muscle.
The alterations I would make to the program, with no knowledge of what you were doing before, would be to reduce volume and go heavier. Think 3x5.
Assuming your cals are in check, 2 things I recommend are upping you protein intake a bit and altering your weight lifting program.
The extra aminos in the blood will obviously help with muscle maintenance, as your body will turn to this before the muscle.
The alterations I would make to the program, with no knowledge of what you were doing before, would be to reduce volume and go heavier. Think 3x5.
Here's my diet so far.
Morning(6:50am): 2 raw eggs, multi-vitamin,
Snack(9:00am): Cheese string, or cottage cheese.
Lunch(10:45am): Tuna salad, or can of tuna or other meats.
Snack(2:45pm) More cottage cheese usually.
Dinner(5:30pm) Usually some type of meat(chicken, beef,) some veggies.
As for drinks, I really only drink water throughout the day.
Morning(6:50am): 2 raw eggs, multi-vitamin,
Snack(9:00am): Cheese string, or cottage cheese.
Lunch(10:45am): Tuna salad, or can of tuna or other meats.
Snack(2:45pm) More cottage cheese usually.
Dinner(5:30pm) Usually some type of meat(chicken, beef,) some veggies.
As for drinks, I really only drink water throughout the day.
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retired_mcgheetraining
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There really is nothing you can do. Carbs fuel the muscle protein builds them. Why are you on a South Beach diet? With a question like that it sounds like you know what you're doing.
I am currently on southbeach diet for a week to shed some fat, but I dont want to lose any muscle mass/strength.
What can I do to prevent losing strength while my caloric intake is much lower?
There really is nothing you can do. Carbs fuel the muscle protein builds them. Why are you on a South Beach diet? With a question like that it sounds like you know what you're doing.