Cardio vs slower movements using more muscle?

[NateNeedsFatToMuscle?]

Im hearing more and more that for someone like me skinny-fat that I should be doing things like 50 min on the stairmaster or walking uphill on the stairmaster in place of heavy cardio, and was told not run in the morning on an empty stomach? I hear it burns muscle not fat on the skinny fat body type. Any advice

Oh and I always downed a protin shake right before bed, Now I was told 2 hours before bed?

 

[poysyn]

what the hell is skinny fat? What are you a bean pole with no muscle mass? Please describe..

take your shake just before bed (casein protein + efa) and do any form of cardio which you like - personally when I lose fat I do incline walking (and HIIT if I feel my legs are up for it.)

another question to ask yourself is this: are you over-analyzing everything regarding your diet+training? the fat will come off in time, it wont happen over night..

 

[NateNeedsFatToMuscle?]

ya skinny fat is a pole with fat around it aka I look like shit aka you have seen my retarded body pics

so my personal trainer says no shake right before or it will just sit an get me all constipated (wich it has)

whats the difforence between casein protein and whey and what the f'a is efa?

I probally do over analize but i know for a fact I have worked twice as hard as some people who are swull cut or whatever so i dont wanne be spinning my whells running in the morning if its burning muscle not fat, eating protein before bed if it gets me constipated and is not good for me? everyone has a difforent opinion and im comng to the conclusion its just because there are many difforent body types.

 

[StuWard]

Casein is slower acting than whey so it's better for building muscle while you're sleeping. Both are components of milk. Maybe you're taking too much.

If you're skinny-fat, you need to start building some muscle. What kind of weight training routine are you on? You should probably be on the Starting Strength program.

Get your nutrition in line right away. Follow these guidlines: http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/7habits.htm

There are different opinions on fasting before exercise. My opinion is that it prevents you from getting energy to complete your workout and is self defeating.

If you keep your cardio session to under 1 hour and take high GI carbs and whey after your workout you don't need to worry about loosing muscle from your cardio.

If you enjoy running, that's a good cardio activity. You don't need stairclimbers, etc.

Stu

 

[poysyn]

Alright..so I checked out your pic thread on the other board and I will say one thing: you are not skinny fat. You are more like an endo who (much like myself a few years ago) probably sat around and just ate whenever and whatever you wanted.

You don't need to be getting in depth into diet to start losing that. Make sure you take in a adequate amount of calories and aim for 2lbs/week of loss. Bulking right now would do you absolutely no good as it will just add bodyfat (and probably be counter productive to a good mindset!)

Try and lean down at least 20-30lbs, then maybe go for a clean bulk and add 10lbs back, and repeat..this will keep you from plateauing - which is more or less an inevitable thing when trying to diet down a lot.

Make sure you are lifting heavy to retain as much muscle mass as you can and do moderate to light cardio (walking, incline walking, light jogging.) The fat will start to melt off but it will take time as you do have a bit to lose, but you'll get there. Over analyzing can be good, as it will help you learn..but understand you might not notice a physical difference for weeks even though things are changing. Don't even step on the scale for the next year, just follow a clean diet and good lifting program !

 

[hurricane]

nothing sheads fat as far as exercise .... like cardio on an empty stomach in the morning IMO .. works wonders with a good diet