Exercise Clarification?

[zanacal]

Yes, me too - exercising in the morning gives me a banging headache!

[Sassy]

Aarrrgggghhhh! Now I don't know what to do!!!!

So let me get this straight - I need to either do NO exercise or vigourous excercise to sway pink? Any moderate exercise ( like a walk/swim every few days) will sway blue? If my supps are taking care of my T levels then would this matter?

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, you ahve that right. You are trying to shrink muscle as opposed to growing it...that is what is doing the swaying, not the exercise in and of itself.

No need to go to extremes, a walk or swim every few days is not what we're really worrying about. We're talking about the kind of healthy exercise that builds up your muscle.

If you are losing weight on a low protein, low cal, low fat diet, you're not going to be giving yoru body enough raw materials to build muscle with anyway. So you can get away with more exercise than you would if you were eating a more muscle-friendly diet.

The reverse is also true though - if you're eating a diet that is higher in protein and calories and fat and gaining weight, even if you're not exercising or are exercising a lot, your muscles will still grow.

The recipe is, either no exercise or 60+ minutes of intense exercise 6-7 days a week WHILE losing weight on a low protein, low cal, low fat diet will eat away muscle and sway pink. Exercise (even fairly intense exercise) while gaining weight on a high protein, high cal, high fat diet will increase muscle and sway blue. You can't really divorce the weight loss/diet factors from the dietary factor unfortunately.

[Sassy]

Aha - that makes a lot of sense, thankyou! I've finally started losing weight although it is slow - but I suppose 2kgs in 3 weeks is ok, as long as its a loss. I don't think in our wintery conditions I'll bother with too much exercise and just focus on the diet.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yep! A loss is a loss, even losing weight as healthy and slow as you can, you'll still lose some muscle.

[Sassy]

Thanks Atomic! Can I also just clarify then, so long as we're losing weight we're swaying pink? Even if its not much weight loss? Is it any weight loss or only substantial weight loss? I'm reading so many things about women literally dropping the weight on the girl diet and for me its just not the case

[atomic sagebrush]

I think substantial weight loss is better, but it depends on what % of your body mass it is and how quickly you lose it. If you only weigh 85 lbs, obviously you shouldn't lose but maybe a pound, while if you weigh 185 you need to lose more.

When swaying you must keep in the back of your mind that it's not doing X,Y, or Z that sways in and of itself, it's the effect it has on your body. Losing weight is just a means to an end of lowering testosterone and blood sugar. So if a person loses weight while doing things to raise their testosterone (such as eating a lot of protein and doing muscle-building exercise) that won't work for them. Even though losing weight overall tends to sway pink.

Not sure if that clarified or confused???