Weight Loss Food Diet

[OhTwadi]

I hate Chrome! It always loses my long posts

So I will summarize yet again.

If you want to lift weights and build mass, then you need to make sure you are working all muscle groups and you will need a high protein diet because that is the requirement your muscles need to grow. You will need to cut back on you carb intake, this will be beneficial for you too if you are trying to lose weight.

There is plenty of research now available which stresses that it is not efficient to think of muscle groups. Rather one should think of the body as one cohesive unit, after all that is how is works in real life. So exercises which isolate muscles are not a considered a good use of one's time and efforts. Unless of course you are doing some rehab or working on specific muscles to address imbalances etc. Rarely I see this to be the case however. Most people work out their biceps for instance because they want bigger arms. Little do they realize that

a) tricep (not bicep) makes up a larger chunk of their arms

b) they will also work their bicep on the days they work their back; thus the poor small bicep muscle gets over worked and growth is hard to come by

What I'm trying to say is that in order to build functional strength (you are almost never going to bench press anything in real life), stick to compound movements and move away from isolation exercises.

Also, in my experience, muscle gains are next to impossible on a low carb + high protein diet. In fact, I actually end up getting injured when I was on a low carb diet. My gains came when I had a high carb + high protein diet. If you look at this thread, it explains how carbs can be consumed with out hampering one's fat loss efforts.

Lastly, it is generally quite tough to loose fat and gain muscle at the same time. Usually this is only possible if someone is new to weight training, what I call the 'honeymoon phase' of a trainee. It can also be possible in those genetically gifted but rare individuals who can loose fat and gain muscle very easily.

Edit: I'm sorry, just realized this has gone wayyyy off topic.

[Guest Kluivert]

OhTwadi

It's only on this forum where I have heard high carbs and low protein is beneficial for your body.

My friend, playing Football (soccer) for number of years and now playing for Stevenage borough reserves. Many of the trainers at the club encourage us to keep our carbohydrate levels low except for match days. When I first started playing for Stevenage borough, I was overweight by stone and half and had to lose weight in pre-season, the only way I achieved this was to bring in muscle building and cut down the carbs and high intake of protein, I had lost a stone (14 pounds) in 12 days. I don't understand "you cannot build muscle and lose fat at the same time" of course you can, the more muscle you have, more calories your body needs, to sustain itself. Yes, I fully agree, you shouldn't focus on weight training alone but do need to have cardio in your regime.

in my experience, muscle gains are next to impossible on a low carb + high protein diet.

This is very interesting, so all nutritional experts are giving the wrong information?

The other issue is consummation of protein is very difficult for a vegetarian, like I have mentioned earlier in my post is the quality of protein. Meat is by far the best source of protein, it has the right amino acids and other nutrients your muscle require.

By you having injuries, I can only assume you didn't stretch enough or you over did it.

[OhTwadi]

Bhaji, I'm not saying high carb and low protein. I'm saying for strength training you need both high carb and high protein. When I was on low carb + high protein diet, I would get out of energy half way through my workouts.

I did say in my experience, maybe its just the way my body works...

Most of what I say is from my personal experience.

[SinghSabha]

There is plenty of research now available which stresses that it is not efficient to think of muscle groups. Rather one should think of the body as one cohesive unit, after all that is how is works in real life. So exercises which isolate muscles are not a considered a good use of one's time and efforts.

Compound exercises (those that utilize 2 or more joints in one movement) build mass.

Bench press, Military shoulder press, Squats, Rows, Pull ups, Deadlifts.

[Guest Kluivert]

Bhaji, I'm not saying high carb and low protein. I'm saying for strength training you need both high carb and high protein. When I was on low carb + high protein diet, I would get out of energy half way through my workouts.

I did say in my experience, maybe its just the way my body works...

Most of what I say is from my personal experience.

I apologise, I have mis-understood. Yes, you are right depends on an individual and how their body reacts.