Optimizing your metabolism
December 4, 2008 by Ryan Irwin · Leave a Comment
Everyone wants to lose bodyfat and gain muscle. Most want to try to do it at the same time. While this is possible, it is much more efficient to focus on one or the other. When we work with our clients, one of the first steps is to decide which goal is more important (building muscle or losing bodyfat). This is the area that we then attack.
By doing this, you optimize your metabolism. For example, to build muscle, you need an excess of calories (but not overly excessive-don’t want a bunch of bodyfat to pile on). While we carefully monitor and increase the nutrients, the client not only is adding muscle tissue, but is also speeding up the metabolism. Once we get bodyfat levels to the top end range we are comfortable with, we switch gears to fat loss. By doing so, we quickly create a calorie deficit, and couple this with a supercharged metabolism, the bodyfat comes off quickly. Then before the metabolism begins to slow and the risk of muscle loss sets in, we switch gears back to “mass mode” to add muscle tissue with a now lower bodyfat level.
This method of mass/cut mode is the most effective way to achieve the end result and help the client look and feel their absolute best!
