Muscle Weight Vs Fat Weight - Gaining Muscle not Fat

<h1>Muscle Weight Vs Fat Weight - Gaining Muscle not Fat</h1>Author: <a title="Rando Meresmaa" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/rando-meresmaa/111176.htm">Rando Meresmaa</a> People who go the gym have two goals - to gain muscle mass and to lose body fat. Unfortunatley they don´t match. In order to gain muscle you need to consume more calories then you burn and to lose fat you need the opposite. It is very hard to accomplish these two goals at the same time. However it is possible, but still very hard to do. A common mistake that people usually make, if they want to build muscle, is that they as much food as they can possible cram into themselves. The idea that the more you eat the more muscle you gain is not true.The body can only assimilate so much muscle tissue at once and after it has done so, any remaining calories are simply going to be stored as body fat. That is the truth. If you want to gain muscle and burn fat you can´t eat whatever you see. But if you eat just a few additional calories to support this muscle growth, then you will not hopefully get as much lean tissue gained as possible without the accumulation of a monstrous rise in body fat. So the question is how much muscle can you gain without going fat? You can normally achieve about half a pound to one pound of muscle per week and no more. To grow 2-4 pounds of mscle per month you really don´t need to eat insanely high calorie intakes. I suggest to keep consume about 250 to 500 calories above maintenance in hopes of putting on mostly muscle without too much body fat. But you also have to keep track of your body fat, so you don´t gain too much fat. And if you do gain fat, then you need to reduce your calorie intake slightly. Very often you will find the right balance by trial and error. Since different people have different metabolisms that will respond to an increase in calories in various ways. And remember the less fat you gain the less time you have to spend on dieting later. About the Author: Get this 41 page FREE REPORT "Skyrocket your fat loss success"
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People who go the gym have two goals - to gain muscle mass and to lose body fat. Unfortunatley they don´t match. In order to gain muscle you need to consume more calories then you burn and to lose fat you need the opposite. It is very hard to accomplish these two goals at the same time. However it is possible, but still very hard to do.

A common mistake that people usually make, if they want to build muscle, is that they as much food as they can possible cram into themselves. The idea that the more you eat the more muscle you gain is not true.The body can only assimilate so much muscle tissue at once and after it has done so, any remaining calories are simply going to be stored as body fat. That is the truth.

If you want to gain muscle and burn fat you can´t eat whatever you see. But if you eat just a few additional calories to support this muscle growth, then you will not hopefully get as much lean tissue gained as possible without the accumulation of a monstrous rise in body fat.

So the question is how much muscle can you gain without going fat? You can normally achieve about half a pound to one pound of muscle per week and no more. To grow 2-4 pounds of mscle per month you really don´t need to eat insanely high calorie intakes.

I suggest to keep consume about 250 to 500 calories above maintenance in hopes of putting on mostly muscle without too much body fat. But you also have to keep track of your body fat, so you don´t gain too much fat. And if you do gain fat, then you need to reduce your calorie intake slightly.

Very often you will find the right balance by trial and error. Since different people have different metabolisms that will respond to an increase in calories in various ways. And remember the less fat you gain the less time you have to spend on dieting later.

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