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diet!!
so i want to go on a diet, im in pretty good shape right now but the problem is instead of getting leaner, my muscles get bulkier. I heard that if you eat less meat and more vegetable and such it will help make your muscles small while still being strong and eating healthy.
is this true?
thankyou
Kat, 16/f
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Weight training and high protein diets will build muscle mass while the same diet and aerobics will keep you leaner. Just substitute some of the protein with fruits and veggies. Burning calories is the same whatever you eat. How much leftover energy you have after you exercise is what you want to watch for. If you are completely exhausted after you exercise, then raise you good calorie intake. If you start gaining weight cut your calories down moderately. Either way don't starve yourself. More repetitions of smaller weights will really lean your muscles out and increase your endurance thus allowing you to exercise longer further leaning your muscles. Endurance training and weight training both consume calories but with different results.
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Not really no. If you don't eat enough protein you will lose muscle and therefore get weaker.
The only thing that can influence the actual size of the muscles themselves is the type of exercise that you do. Anaerobic exercise will yield bigger muscles than aerobic exercise for example.
If you are losing weight though it should be very hard for you to actually gain any sort of muscle mass irrespective of what you eat. Normally for any substantial gains you need a calorie surplus, while when you are on a diet you have a calorie deficit. Of course, by dropping your body fat percentage your muscle will become more visible and defined.
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Its probably true to some extent because your body isn't getting the protien it needs to build muscle, its probably not the best way of doing it.
Instead, to keep muscles toned but not big, do gentle excersise frequently rather than strenuous excersise less frequently. It keeps the muscles strong without building them up too much.
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