Fitness FAQ - Fat/Weightloss/Bulking

Well, no point in terms of it won't directly contribute to muscle growth but seeing as karate is your ultimate goal, it would make sense to stay fit. In fact, for most people a moderate amount of cardio activity through sport or whatever isn't going to mean you have to eat any massive additional amount of food so it shouldn't really be so much of a problem.

I mean "sorry lads, can't come for a kick about cos I'm trying to get me some gainz" isn't going to cut it.

To reduce body fat, you take in slightly less energy than you expend. Continuing to try and gain strength is a good idea since it encourages the body to preserve muscle. Cardio isn't necessarily needed at all depending on the individual since most men are easily able to create a modest calorie deficit purely through diet without too many problems. I mean, if you normally eat around 2500 calories - it shouldn't be too much of a big deal to eat 2000 for a while. You just have the equivalent of two fewer mars bars per day. It isn't always a great idea to do too much extra cardio whilst losing weight since you run the risk of losing muscle and ending up skinny.

Thank you for you help .

One of my friends manages to gain mass without getting fat, and another guy has 2 sets of clothes for bulking and cutting. Hopefully I'll be like the former.

How old are you? Men tend to grow a decent amount of lean bodyweight up until, in many cases, the early twenties without any training naturally.



You can get stronger to an extent without building new muscle.

Oh I see, so that means there would be no point doing cardio during a bulk as that would use up calories, thus reducing muscle growth? And to reduce the fat I accumulate I do cardio and weights during the cut to bring down body fat %.

so what do you do if you feel you have enough muscle, you don't want to gain any more, what weights do you train with?

the same? if you use the amounts you're using at the stage of when you don't wish to be more muscly - is it that your body just maintains said muscles without them shrinking or growing?

Hi all I really want to start working towards doing pull ups, but I really lack the upper body strength at the moment - A guy in the gym reccomended that I use the lateral pull down machine to strengthen the muscles in prep for doing pull ups eventually, is this good advice or not?

I'm always skeptical of machines!

Hi all I really want to start working towards doing pull ups, but I really lack the upper body strength at the moment - A guy in the gym reccomended that I use the lateral pull down machine to strengthen the muscles in prep for doing pull ups eventually, is this good advice or not?

I'm always skeptical of machines!

Hi all I really want to start working towards doing pull ups, but I really lack the upper body strength at the moment - A guy in the gym reccomended that I use the lateral pull down machine to strengthen the muscles in prep for doing pull ups eventually, is this good advice or not?

I'm always skeptical of machines!

I used bands to do assisted pull ups. Just loop one end around the bar and the other around your knees/feet. I did these for loads of reps, with slow negatives until I was able to do a few unassisted.

What matters more-how much you can lift or how many reps you can do with less weights?

matters more to what/who?

I am 25, height 6 feet and weight 92 kgs

I want to reduce weight and get it down to 82kgs in 6 months (I don't know what my goal should be for healthy weight loss?)

So have been hitting the gym almost every day where in I do cardio before any weight training and my cardio always includes running atleast 2 kilometers and at most 3 kilometers in 15-23 minutes

I want a lean body not a very muscular body (nothing very bulky)

The only problem with me is that I can't diet, I get weird headaches etc if I don't eat properly. so can I reduce weight only with gyming but without dieting? I avoid desserts thats about it... I need my meat and not boiled!

also I run in bursts, usually 2 minutes warm up then 1 minute @ 6 kmph, 1 minute @ 8kmph, 1 minute @10kmph and 1 minute @ 12kmph and usually do 3 such sets and 2 minutes to warm down... will this help me reduce weight faster?

O hai, weight loss is all about calories in <- Calories out, so eat less calories than your body's using and you'll lose weight. In terms of your goal not to get "bulky" unless you trying to add muscle mass, you simply won't so don't worry about that. Doesn't matter whether you do longer endurance cardio vs HITT, high intensity training just require less times to burn the same amount of calories so do which you enjoy the most/have the time to do.

Sounds like the biggest problem you have is your diet, eat the foods you enjoy eating while making sure your in a calorific deficit, its as simple as that.

Thank you , do I need to cut down on cardio and focus more on weight training?

I'd stick to primarily weight training (3-4x full body beginners routine) ill link you if your interested. Still do cardio, 2-3 times a week for like 10-15 mins just to keep your cardiovascular fitness in check. For weight loss always focus on losing weight by your nutrition.