Gain Muscle Or Lose Fat, A Crucial Choice

Have you ever tought in how important is to know when to stop losing fat in the bodybuilding process? If you don’t know when it’s time, you will never get reallly ripped.

Ok, you’ll never get ripped if you have some extra pounds, but if you don’t have enough you just will look starving. It’s necessary to have those extra pounds in order to gain some muscle later. What some guys doesn’t realize is that there is a time to lose fat, and a time to gain muscle.

This is a harsh lesson in reality, but too many guys are trying to lose weight when the focus should be on gaining muscle. In fact, through my experience in working with athletes and dozens of men in the gym trying to lose fat and gain muscle, I’ve come up with a height-weight chart that determines whether or not you should lose weight. Here’s the chart identifying the cut-off weight for muscle building, and the rule below. 5′6″ - 140 pounds. 5′7″ - 145 pounds. 5′8″ - 150 pounds. 5′9″ - 155 pounds. 5′10 - 160 pounds.

And so on. For every inch taller, add 5 pounds. For every inch shorter, subtract 5 pounds. For example, if you are 5′8″, 150 pounds, you should NOT be focusing on losing weight. You need to gain muscle if you want to look good on the beach and have muscle. Focusing on weight loss would be the worst thing you could do. If you do, you’ll look like crap, and practically anorexic, to be blunt.

So, we know now what is really your need. If the conclusion is that you must focus on gaining muscle…then just do it. It will make your body look great, I’m sure that in a couple of months you’ll be watching your abs as you have never had before in your life. You are maybe thinking: Hey, I don’t want that much to look like those big, huge guys in the gym! Don’t worry, it will not happen with the previous chart, you’ll have to train (and eat) in a different way to look like them.

Do you want to know how to use Turbulence Training to gain muscle and lose fat? Simply stick to the weight training workouts only. Avoid the hard interval cardio for at least 4 weeks as you gain muscle, and eat extra calories right after your workout (as well as having a bigger breakfast than normal). These two changes will allow you to gain muscle and lose fat.