The Best Bodybuilding Method For Ditching The Fat But Keeping The Muscle

By Dane Fletcher

The two most important roles of a bodybuilding regimen are to help the individual to grow in muscular mass as well as to help in reducing the amount of excess fat in the body. These two aspirations are normally on the extreme ends of each other. The requirements for both of these conditions are completely different and therefore a fine balance should be struck. For you to build a lean muscle mass you must be able to increase the intake of calories in your diet because this is where you will get the strength from.

On the other hand if you want to lose extra fat from the body you will have to go into negative amounts of calories since this is what the body requires as fuel to eliminate fats from the body tissues. The bodybuilder is often caught in between the need to reduce the calorific intake in a bid to reduce the levels of fat and the need to increase calorific intake to power the body during workouts.

What normally happens is a compromise between the two states; this means accepting some level of fat while trying to build more muscle. This then begs the question whether it is really possible to develop lean muscle mass (and body weight) without getting fatter.

The first way in which many people try to build muscle mass is by eating as much as is possible. They go about beating and stuffing themselves in the hope that the extra calories will be transformed into muscle.

This couldn”t be further from the truth. What happens here is that the body will burn the amount of calories that it requires as fuel. The rest of the unused calories will then be stores as fat. This is very counterproductive. The second option that people opt for is trying to take in a moderated amount of calories that will be just sufficient for the development of muscle and very little deposit of fats in the body.

With this in mind, the question that comes to most peoples mind has to do with knowing what amount of calories that they should take so as to develop muscle and avoid gaining fat accumulation. Well, the basic answer in regard to this question is that the more the intake of calories the more chances that you have of getting fatter. What you should do is to try and sustain the amount of calories to about 250-500 more than your maintenance levels.

With this in place you should then start monitoring your appearance and body weight. If you realize that you are putting on extra body fat you will definitely be required to reduce the amount of calories that you are taking in.

The bottom line is that there is no literature that will answer this question sufficiently for you. This is because different persons have different rates of metabolism and as such the amount of calories that each person can use is very different. The best thing is to experiment with yourself so as to get the most accurate result.

About The Author

Dane Fletcher is the world-wide authority on bodybuilding and steroids. He has coached countless athletes all over the world. To read more of his work, please visit either http://www.BodybuildingToday.com or http://www.SteroidsToday.com