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drop body fat but maintain weight?

  • 17-06-2011 9:04pm
    #1
    Ray Mond
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    im currently 77kg imm looking to lose some body fat how hard is it to maintain my weight while dropping some body fat ... im around 17% at the moment would like to get down to 12%...
    my diet is good and train 5 times a week


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  • #2
    Spunge
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    Wouldnt you have to gain the same weight in muscle, which could take a long time ?


  • #3
    deadlybuzzman
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    Is there any particular reason you have to keep your weight at 77kg?


  • #4
    Ray Mond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭Ray Mond


    deadlybuzzman wrote: »
    Is there any particular reason you have to keep your weight at 77kg?
    i went down below that beofre to 71kg and i looked too skinny , im 5'8
    im thinkin of keepinmy calories high bout 3000/3500 on trainin days and drop them to bout 1500 on non trainin days ?


  • #5
    strongbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭strongbell


    Id say focus on one thing at a time.. either drop body fat or build muscle. Trying to do the two at the same time is complicated


  • #6
    TimeToShine
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    Ray Mond wrote: »
    i went down below that beofre to 71kg and i looked too skinny , im 5'8
    im thinkin of keepinmy calories high bout 3000/3500 on trainin days and drop them to bout 1500 on non trainin days ?

    This is pretty much pointless. You can choose to either bulk consistently and lift weights until you hit a target weight (say 82kg) and then cut to 73 kg or whatever your desired bodyfat % is. If you want to stay at 77, you have no choice but to bulk and lift hard. You will put on muscle while losing fat, but these gains are minimal and due only to the fact that you're new to weightlifting. Eating at a surplus with plenty of protein will let you put on plenty of muscle mass as well as fat, and then at 80-85kg you can start cutting back down to 77kg.


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  • #7
    Elohim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭Elohim


    Ray Mond wrote: »
    im currently 77kg imm looking to lose some body fat how hard is it to maintain my weight while dropping some body fat ... im around 17% at the moment would like to get down to 12%...
    my diet is good and train 5 times a week

    Do ya train properly 5 times a week though?
    I did stronglifts (I think that's its name) and then my program that I have in the fitness logs here. I ate a lot of protein and ate enough to never be hungry. I dropped weight while steadily getting stronger.
    So from my study of 1: lift heavy, eat well, run the odd bit and you'll lose fat, get stronger, look better and feel great.


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