On Wed, 13 May 2009 10:10:15 -0400, Phil Voelker <mail4pvoelker@yahoo.com> wrote:
> As far as strength conditioning goes - I wonder if part of the reason
> why you keep more muscle when you lift regularly isn't just because
> 'you're building muscle.' I wonder if it's because you're training your
> body to know that it's going to need that muscle, and it responds by
> protecting it. Just thinking out loud, really. I think that anyone on
> this plan would really benefit by weight training, even if it's not for
> the purpose of muscle building. I suspect that even light weight
> training would help you keep the good stuff while the fat goes away.
Sure. "Use it or lose it." Muscle is metabolically expensive compared to fat( a lb. of fat requires abt. 2 calories/day, muscle abt. 6 cals,) so the body would prefer not to keep it around if its not neccessary.
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Thanks,
Daniel Lurie
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