I have always thought that if you do crunches, the fat from the front of your belly moves to the sides so you get love handles. I try to avoid them because of this.
This is why I conjugate with lions.
if i dont eat Enough during the day[24 hour period] my body will use fat for energy instead of muscle
this sentence confused
the body will use the fat for energy,not use muscle tissue for fuel
[not convert fat to muscle like lot of people believe]
if fat stores get to low you get muscle loss
that better?
[quote]Bull_Scientist wrote:
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
[quote]Bull_Scientist wrote:
no, no, no. You guys misunderstand me. I am not asking why I am not making as much progress compared to alot of people. The question I am trying to ask is why didn’t all of the fat I gained didn’t transform into muscle? I mean the purpose of gaining a certain amount of fat surplus during bulking is to use all of that gained fat as calories for building muscle mass and strength (along with facilitating optimal recovery in the muscles used from your weightlifting routine).[/quote]
What biological process is involved in the transformation of fat into muscle?
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Mark Rippetoe briefly explains in his SS book how fat surplus is used to both build the size of lean mass tissue and provide sufficient amount of calories for recovery of the muscles.
Also, this guy explains it too:
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that guys like Chris had even said what Rippetoe and Jason (from the JuggernautFitnessTV channel on youtube) had said with regard to calorie surplus and gaining bodyfat for weightlifting.
I am not saying that fat storage is always directly proportional to greater energy for muscular hypertrophy and recovery. Gaining more than about 20-30 lbs. of fat during a given period of bulking will only add useless fat to your body. [/quote]
I think you meant to reply to someone else’s post. I was asking for the name of the biological process for fat transforming into muscle. It sounds like alchemy to me.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
[quote]Bull_Scientist wrote:
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
[quote]Bull_Scientist wrote:
no, no, no. You guys misunderstand me. I am not asking why I am not making as much progress compared to alot of people. The question I am trying to ask is why didn’t all of the fat I gained didn’t transform into muscle? I mean the purpose of gaining a certain amount of fat surplus during bulking is to use all of that gained fat as calories for building muscle mass and strength (along with facilitating optimal recovery in the muscles used from your weightlifting routine).[/quote]
What biological process is involved in the transformation of fat into muscle?
[/quote]
Mark Rippetoe briefly explains in his SS book how fat surplus is used to both build the size of lean mass tissue and provide sufficient amount of calories for recovery of the muscles.
Also, this guy explains it too:
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that guys like Chris had even said what Rippetoe and Jason (from the JuggernautFitnessTV channel on youtube) had said with regard to calorie surplus and gaining bodyfat for weightlifting.
I am not saying that fat storage is always directly proportional to greater energy for muscular hypertrophy and recovery. Gaining more than about 20-30 lbs. of fat during a given period of bulking will only add useless fat to your body. [/quote]
I think you meant to reply to someone else’s post. I was asking for the name of the biological process for fat transforming into muscle. It sounds like alchemy to me.
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You wouldn’t understand, you don’t have half a degree in occupational therapy.
My Socratic approach is becoming somewhat tedious, so I’ll lead to where this was eventually going: your observations posses no value because your metrics are inaccurate. You’re going off of estimations of fat vs muscle gained, and unless you have had your own bodyfat measured so many times that you know exactly how you look at each percentage point, visual estimation is worthless.
I got my bodyfat measured recently and, based on visual estimate, had me pegged at a 15. I ended up being 8.4. I was too critical on myself. Many other lifters go the opposite, estimating their bodyfat to be much lower than it actually is. In essence, you’re wondering about a specific amount of fat gained that you have no idea if it’s real or not. It’s akin to wondering if the monsters under your bed prefer to eat children in footy pajamas or a button down two-piece flannel number.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
My Socratic approach is becoming somewhat tedious, so I’ll lead to where this was eventually going: your observations posses no value because your metrics are inaccurate. You’re going off of estimations of fat vs muscle gained, and unless you have had your own bodyfat measured so many times that you know exactly how you look at each percentage point, visual estimation is worthless.
I got my bodyfat measured recently and, based on visual estimate, had me pegged at a 15. I ended up being 8.4. I was too critical on myself. Many other lifters go the opposite, estimating their bodyfat to be much lower than it actually is. In essence, you’re wondering about a specific amount of fat gained that you have no idea if it’s real or not. It’s akin to wondering if the monsters under your bed prefer to eat children in footy pajamas or a button down two-piece flannel number. [/quote]
You have a talent for metaphors.
I’ve given up commenting on the thread because I think the OP is beyond help, but I do enjoy your way of expressing your ideas.
Starting Strength as the name suggests is a strength program for absolute beginners. It teachers lifters how to do a few basic lifts and to progressively overload each. The program is designed to stall after 4 or 5 months.
How on earth have you done this for 18 months?
If you continue to lift the same weight for the same reps each day you cannot progress . You should know this by now.
Your body has no reason to adapt.
If your goal is size which it sounds like it is why wouldn’t you switch to a high volume split for a while?
Upper /Lower or a 3 way split. Anything but sticking with a program you have already stalled on.
As for why you haven’t gained much weight: You don’t eat enough food. You must be in a caloric surplus but you also have to eat enough protein. If you are eating junk carbs and fats then you will gain body fat.
Train with a hypertrophy type split with a variety of exercises in the 8-12 rep range and eat as much protein as you can and you just might gain some muscle.
Or you can continue to do the same thing that have up to this point .