austin_88
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I had a meeting with a Personal Trainer recently who is also a qualified sports dietician, and we did a skin fold test to determine my body fat percentage and determined what I needed to do to lower my body fat percentage
Current Body Fat % = 22%
Goal Body Fat % = 18%
Basically I need to lose approx 4kg fat.
He said to me that the best time to do cardio was before breakfast on an empty stomach, and delay breakfast until about 9am.
I said that I thought that would result in the body using muscle for energy instead of fat, and he said that that only occurs with people who have next to nothing body fat (like people with Anorexia). He said that I would not be losing muscle mass.
He also said that if I got the proper nutrition (1g protein for each kg body weight) and did 2-3 Resistance Training Sessions per Week (focusing on large muscle groups only) I can expect to get my body fat down that low without losing much muscle.
What I want to know is this whole catabolism thing, and how that works in lamens terms. I saw Steve mention it in a thread about when to do exercise, and that happens if you do it on an empty stomach.
I am confused.
If you have no stored energy in your body when you exercise, wouldn't the next thing to burn be STORED FAT?
Why would the body use lean muscle for enegy when there is fat there to be used? Surely fat would be broken down before muscle?
Current Body Fat % = 22%
Goal Body Fat % = 18%
Basically I need to lose approx 4kg fat.
He said to me that the best time to do cardio was before breakfast on an empty stomach, and delay breakfast until about 9am.
I said that I thought that would result in the body using muscle for energy instead of fat, and he said that that only occurs with people who have next to nothing body fat (like people with Anorexia). He said that I would not be losing muscle mass.
He also said that if I got the proper nutrition (1g protein for each kg body weight) and did 2-3 Resistance Training Sessions per Week (focusing on large muscle groups only) I can expect to get my body fat down that low without losing much muscle.
What I want to know is this whole catabolism thing, and how that works in lamens terms. I saw Steve mention it in a thread about when to do exercise, and that happens if you do it on an empty stomach.
I am confused.
If you have no stored energy in your body when you exercise, wouldn't the next thing to burn be STORED FAT?
Why would the body use lean muscle for enegy when there is fat there to be used? Surely fat would be broken down before muscle?