Fat Loss Muscle Gain Myths Exposed!

"Beat the odds and increase your chances of
gaining muscle and losing fat permanently!"

Have you been hitting the gym harder than ever, trying desperately to achieve your fat loss muscle gain goals?

As a personal trainer who specializes in designing fat loss and muscle gain programs, this comes as no surprise to me.

While fielding questions about the "next best" fat loss muscle gain diet and the "latest and greatest" weight training routines has become an expected part of my day, the sheer volume of muscle building misinformation floating around out there never ceases to amaze me!

While I'm sure you've come across many popular bodybuilding resources that seem to tell you that it's indeed possible to gain muscle and lose fat. Not many of them are willing to be honest about just how difficult it can really be to actually achieve your fat loss muscle gain goals!

If your new years resolutions include packing on slabs of lean muscle mass and losing body fat at the same time, take a few minutes and read through a few of the most common fat loss muscle gain myths, and uncover the truth about building muscle and losing fat once and for all!

The Most Prevalent Fat Loss Muscle Gain Myth...

"You can't lose fat and gain muscle at the same time"

This is an old one...Spread throughout the bodybuilding community by muscle building purists. The "old school" bodybuilders still contend that you are not gaining muscle if you're not in turn gaining weight and size.

In reality, it all depends on your definition of muscle gain.

When explaining lean muscle gain to my clients, I often begin with an explanation of lean body mass.

Lean Body Mass is not only a measure of your body's muscle mass, but a measure of all of the things that make up the mass of your body that don't include body fat.

Examples of lean body mass include:

• Bone
  
• Muscle Mass
  
• Blood
  
• Internal Organs
  
• Cartilage

It is possible to increase your lean body mass, decrease your overall body fat percentage and gain no weight.

In my opinion, this is an example of gaining muscle mass and losing fat at the same time!

When this type of transformation occurs, it's common for muscle groups such as the arms and thighs to actually lose some size due to the loss of visceral fat located between the skin and the muscle itself.

A few years ago...

I Participated In The E.A.S. Body For Life Challenge.

Take A Look At These Before And After Pictures...

But significantly muscular none the less!

On the other hand, if your goals are to simply get as huge as possible, then you are kidding yourself by believing that you will achieve this result while trying to follow a fat loss muscle gain hybrid training program. As a rule of thumb....The more dramatic and ambitious the goals, the more intensely and single mindedly you will need to attack each individual goal!

Don't make the common muscle gain mistake of spreading yourself out too thin. If you really want to increase your muscular strength and size significantly, then you will need to attack this goal before trying to focus your attention on losing fat.

Conversely, if you're dying for ripped 6-pack abs, then you need to focus your attention on losing body fat first!

After you achieve your initial goal, move on the next in line. Becoming successful at this skill is really just a matter of correctly prioritizing you bodybuilding goals.

There are no right or wrong answers here...you just need to look within yourself and decide once and for all what you really want to accomplish.

If you desire a leaner more muscular look, then attempting a fat loss muscle gain training program may be the way to go.

If not...at least you figured this out before putting in the blood sweat and tears only to wind up frustrated and upset later on down the road!

Another Prevalent Fat Loss Muscle Gain Myth...

"In order to lose fat perform high
repetition low weight exercises."

This fat loss muscle gain myth is simply not true. In my opinion, the best way to burn fat is to build lean muscle mass, so I'll focus my response to this myth accordingly.

Any increase in lean muscle mass increases the rate at which your body burns calories. If you add muscle, and continue to consume the same amount of calories, you will also lose fat as an opposite reaction within the body.

You could almost say that burning fat is a side effect of muscle gain!

"A Gain In Lean Muscle Mass Typically Equals A Substantial Loss In Body Fat!"

In order to stimulate lean muscle growth, you need to progressively overload your muscles.

This progressive overload can come from many factors such as:

• Lifting Heavier Weights 
  
• 
  
• Higher Repetitions 
  
• 
  
• Longer Rest Intervals 
  
• 
  
• Shorter Rest Intervals 
  
• 
  
• Supersets 
  
• 
  
• Drop Sets 

There are really no hard and fast rules to apply here other than to recognize that everyone's body works differently.

The bottom line is that there are simply no set number of repetitions and weights that will magically cause your body fat to melt away or allow you to pack on limitless slabs of lean muscle mass.

If you take the time to train properly and stick with the time-tested muscle building basics, your chances fat loss muscle gain success will be greatly increased!

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