Dennis Johns says on September 25th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
How do I ‘create a deficit’ with a mixture of weight training and cardio to lose weight and not burn muscle instead of fat?
Answer: Resistance training IS the way to burn fat instead of muscle while in a calorie deficit. Your body follows a principle that has the acronym S.A.I.D. This is the principle of Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. What this means is that if you are constantly putting demands on your body that require muscle to be there, then your body will do whatever it takes to keep it. This includes burning fat before muscle.
Along with lifting as heavy as your limits allow, you can also tweak the fashion in which you do your cardio to be conducive to maintaining muscle. You do this by doing high intensity interval cardio training. Interval training like wind sprints and hill intervals for 20-30 minutes as opposed to longer 45-60 minute slower cardio sessions. These slower cardio sessions encourage the output of catabolic hormones that will eat up muscle tissue. Sprints on the other hand encourage anabolic hormones and can increase levels of testosterone and growth hormone in the body. This makes you look, feel and act younger in a round about process.
Ray Burton
http://www.fattofitbook.com
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