New here. Question on muscle. Please reply.

RE: New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (danmirage)

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:02:41 GMT

If you are not training your muscles, the body may use them for energy.

The first priority for the body is managing energy expenditure. Muscles burn energy. If you stop training them the body will interpret that as maybe you no longer need them, an in an effort to minimize energy expenditure..it may use them for energy elsewhere...at a time when it might have used fat

The result of that is your metabolism, the rate you burn calories, goes down and so you start to store exess calories as fat.

This is the literal defiition of "muscles turning to fat."

In fact muscles can be scavenged for energy quite easily, and any excess can be stored as fat

If you are eating right, then your body does not need to do that. But if you stop training all together...you may experience muscle wasting and metabolic rate decrease.

If you want to train less in the winter for some reason...here is a solution...select a method of training that is unpredictable and fits your time etc.

This should be something you have NEVER done before. You would take a week off all training to de-acclimate your body to adapting to training.

You should alter the progression on a frequent basis. These should take 10 minutes for warm up, 10-15 minutes max to do, 5-10 minutes flexibility and warm down.
Always warm up first
Always warm down and do flexibility exercises after

Examples...Unstable.
week 1 M-W-F - On one leg. minimal rest 12-15 reps each - 1 set each (standing dumbell curl, standing tricept press, military press, 1 leg squat, bent row, standing chest press (cable or band), floor bridge (core exercise))
variations for weeks 2,3,4 = 2 arm/alternating arm/slower/2 sets/heavier

Month 2 M-W-F - On a stability ball - minimal rest 12-15 reps each - 1 set each (dumbell ---> bench, bent row, seated curl, lying tricept press, seated military press, ball on the wall squats, ball crunches, etc)
variations for weeks 2,3,4 = 2 arm/alternating arm/slower/2 sets/heavier

Additionally you can eat less, and do low cardio...say 20 minutes 3x week or whatever...call this a maintenance phase...a training vacation.

Measure your body fat every 3 weeks to be sure you are not losing muscle or gaining fat...adjust your diet accordingly.

RE: New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (DaMann)

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:41:20 GMT

wow quite the visual there that would suck if it actually happend tho

to teh pubic hair statement

RE: New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (Italianangel)

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:15:39 GMT

muscle can atrophy, fat can be gained but it is not directly related in it's process.

RE: New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (BigSwole)

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:13:27 GMT

Nope, your muscle want turn into fat, muscle is muscle, and fat is fat.

RE: New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (twistedlink)

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:34:03 GMT

Get fat on christmas turkey lol....

Im gonna workout harder and harder as winter ensues, it's what will get me through them wintery nights where you cant open the door without having stalactites hanging off your pubic hair LOL

RE: New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (joez7219)

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 05:38:54 GMT

winter is the best time to workout...what else is there to do?

RE: New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (The Sheep Man)

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:59:42 GMT

if you are eating to gain muscle and then you stop working out, but eat the same amount of food, you will gain fat and your muscles will slowly get smaller... why not workout during winter?

New here. Question on muscle. Please reply. (arzab)

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:31:32 GMT

Hi. I'm new here. I've been doing stomach crunches since June and I was thinking of not exercising my muscles during the winter, but I wasn't sure how to do it. This might sound like a stupid question, but I'm new to this. Can muscle turn to fat if you don't exercise it off example running, or will the muscle just shrink away from not being exercised? Please reply. Thanks.