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decrease body fat without losing weight

mp1li Posts: 17 Joined: 2004/02/23	2004/04/01, 10:46 AM Can this be done? If you lift 4 days a week and do cardio 4 days a week, can you decrease your bodyfat without dropping the number on the scale? Is it possible to gain muscle mass ( go from 162 to 170) and cut body fat percentage at the same time. I have lost the weight I wanted to. Now I want to increase weight by building muscle. I want to reduce my body fat so that last little bit of the belly will go away. I can't afford to drop any more weight. Am I fighting a losing battle?
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2004/04/01, 10:52 AM Yes, you can drop body fat without loosing weight - muscle (which weighs more) will replace the fat. I am thinking you may probably have to adjust your diet mp1li - depending on how much cardio you are doing, you may need to ensure that you are getting enough food/nutrition to maintain and make the muscle gains goals you set. Hope this helps :)
konary Posts: 98 Joined: 2004/02/10	2004/04/01, 09:50 PM mp1li, you have the exactly opposite problem as mine. I want to lose weight (number on the scale) but it stays the same while the bodyfat is decreasing. So, starting this week I am adding more cardio and less carb to my routine. But for you, like I_Am-azon said, decrease in cardio and increase in calories (protein kind) are likely in order for you. :)
mp1li Posts: 17 Joined: 2004/02/23	2004/04/02, 03:56 PM So I should be more concerned with eating right and feeding those muscles, so I gain muscle weight and reduce bodyfat. I understand that if I concentrate on lifting and putting on 5 to tens pounds of muscle then my bodyfat percentage decreases. Thanks for all you help.:big_smile:
Hellscream Posts: 272 Joined: 2004/02/25	2004/04/03, 09:49 AM hmmm, I heard gaining muscle whilst trying to drop fat is genetics. Or is it possible for anyone with the correct diet.
Vegasmuscle Posts: 6 Joined: 2005/12/21	2005/12/22, 03:05 PM Lift four days and Cardio 4 days? I thought there were only 7 days a week? Damn I must have missed something! LOL
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2005/12/22, 05:09 PM 4 days of cardio will not be productive towards your muscle building goals. You are better off eating right and building the muscle, then losing weight as a result of your increased metabolism. -------------- Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run. ============ Quoting from 7707mutt: The squat cage is holy ground. ============
Bor1s Posts: 22 Joined: 2005/12/25	2005/12/27, 06:16 AM Last summer i weight 80kg and 84cm and 13% BF according to an online BF calculator waist but i got injured so i couldn't go to the gym and gain muscle so i decided to start cutting.So for 5 weeks i reduced my weight to 75kg! and my waist droped down to 78cm and 11% BF.I did by starvation(big mistake!) and 25min cardio two times a week on my veloergonometer(bike)?Where was i wrong?I think you should have sticked to my normal eating and do cardio 4 times a week.The good thing about the veloergometer is that it doesn't burn muscle.Will it work this way?
fighting_london Posts: 89 Joined: 2005/12/25	2006/01/03, 03:32 PM Obviously he's doing cardio on some of the days he's lifting. ============ Quoting from vegasmuscle: Lift four days and Cardio 4 days? I thought there were only 7 days a week? Damn I must have missed something! LOL =============