"Weight Loss" is the term most people use to describe their dieting efforts. It's not uncommon to hear people refer to 'wanting to lose weight' or needing to 'drop a few pounds'. Regardless of what the exact words are, the point is always some sort of reduction in 'weight'. Fitness competitors and bodybuilders tend to speak more of 'fat loss' or reducing 'bodyfat' … [Read more...] about Weight Loss vs Fat Loss
Fat Loss
Can’t Exercise the Fat Away
In this episode Meatwad is trying to 'exercise the fat away' by power walking. What you don't see in this clip is the pile of gummy bears he sets out for himself as his target to walk to. Once he arrives at the pile of gummy bears he eats them as a reward for his exercise. (Once again Carl is right on the money with his criticism of meatwads strategy) As ridiculous as this … [Read more...] about Can’t Exercise the Fat Away
Different Types of Fat Loss
Fat loss is just a matter of having a caloric deficit, this isn't news (or at least it shouldn't be news to you). You can create the caloric deficit 3 ways. 1. Caloric restriction 2. Increasing activity/exercise (without conscious attention to calories) 3. A combination of the previous points Regardless how you create the deficit the fat loss with be the same. It's … [Read more...] about Different Types of Fat Loss
Weight Loss Diet Contradictions
We ended up with a pretty good list of weight loss diets yesterday, thanks for your contribution. So can all of the diets listed work? (of course as long as they get you to eat less calories than you burn). Are all of these complex strategies necessary?...of course not. But what about the specific mechanism of how they work? Isn't there an advantage to one style over the … [Read more...] about Weight Loss Diet Contradictions
Muscle vs Fat
The shape of your body is largely determined by your muscle mass, however that is assuming that you don't have an excess of body fat distorting you true shape. The point of working out with weights is to manipulate your muscle mass to augment your look. Having fat covering all of those muscles makes your effort in the gym seem pointless. Part of the reason fat distorts your … [Read more...] about Muscle vs Fat
