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how large of calorie deficeit to preserve muscle? - 1/24/2004 3:13:18 PM

abs88

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how many calories can you cut out (cardio, dieting) before you start to burn muscle? also, are there any websites at which i can measure my body fat (last time I checked it was 15%). thanks a lot.

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RE: how large of calorie deficeit to preserve muscle? - 1/24/2004 4:00:26 PM

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body fat measuring things dont work well at all, if you want an accurate one, you have your doctor do one for you.

anyways, if you cut your calories down to basicly nothing, you'll start to tear down muscle i suppose, it would be hard, but once your body is in a "survival" mode, and its done eating up all your stored fat cells, then it turns to the muscle, and eats up that. If you are eating 2000 calories a day, and you want to burn fat, then burn 2200 calories a day, that is a good one.

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RE: how large of calorie deficit to preserve muscle? - 1/24/2004 8:28:24 PM

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Bucketman got it correct. A small deficit is best. They say a standard is 500 cals less then what you current eat now to maintain.

But everybody is different.

You can find bodyfat calculator websites here. These seemed okay.. No site is perfect.

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RE: how large of calorie deficit to preserve muscle? - 1/24/2004 8:39:00 PM

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should the deficit come from cardio or from less food? or both?

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RE: how large of calorie deficit to preserve muscle? - 1/24/2004 8:41:26 PM

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I'd keep the food intake the same.. maybe lower the fat a bit.. that way you keep feeding the muscle. Add the cardio to turbo charge your metabolism and create that calorie deficit. Not crazy 2 hours a day cardio.. but like 30 mins.. 3-4x a week to get things moving.

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RE: how large of calorie deficit to preserve muscle? - 2/19/2004 11:23:06 AM

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