Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Gain Muscle Or Lose Fat, How To Make That Hard Decision

By Ricardo d Argence

Have you ever thought in how important is to know when to stop losing fat in the body building process? If you don't know when it's time, you will never get really ripped.

Ok, you'll never get ripped if you have some extra pounds, but if you don't have enough you just will look starving. It's necessary to have those extra pounds in order to gain some muscle later. What some guys doesn't realize is that there is a time to lose fat, and a time to gain muscle.

Its necessary to succeed to know what is your main goal, what you really need. If you need to lose fat or to gain muscle. Through my experience in working with athletes and dozens of men in the gym trying to lose fat and gain muscle, I've come up with a height-weight chart that determines whether or not you should lose weight. It's something like this: 5'6" - 140 pounds. 5'7" - 145 pounds. 5'8" - 150 pounds. 5'9" - 155 pounds. 5'10 - 160 pounds. Let me explain how to use this chart.

After that, for every inch taller, add 5 pounds. Therefore, for every inch shorter, substract 5 pounds. So, if you are 5'6" - 140 pounds, there's no need for you to try and lose weight. What you have to do is to start with your gaining muscle program in order to have the look you desire. But if you try lo lose weight, that will be the worst thing you can do to your body. You will, look skinny, anorexic.

Instead, you must focus on gaining muscle. This will improve the appearance of your body, and take you from a stick-figure to a lean, muscular physique with a better chance of seeing your abs. And don't worry, you're not going to look huge. At 5'8", a guy would have to be at least 180 in order to be considered "jacked" or "huge". And the best news of all? Because skinny guys are untrained, simply starting a body building program will give them maximum fat loss and muscle gain at the same time. They are going to get the best of both worlds.

To use Turbulence Training to gain muscle and lose fat, simply stick to the weight training workouts only. Avoid the hard interval cardio for at least 4 weeks as you gain muscle, and eat extra calories right after your workout (as well as having a bigger breakfast than normal). These two changes will allow you to gain muscle and lose fat.

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