Comments on: How to retain muscle strength without bulking up? http://pecworkout.net/how-to-retain-muscle-strength-without-bulking-up.php Build Pec Muscle Quickly And Safely Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: WJ. http://pecworkout.net/how-to-retain-muscle-strength-without-bulking-up.php/comment-page-1#comment-251 WJ. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:24:43 +0000 http://pecworkout.net/how-to-retain-muscle-strength-without-bulking-up.php#comment-251 Well, it's difficult to maintain strength without pushing your muscles. I would say it's very possible to control the bulking with your diet. Ultimately, if you take away the calories, no matter what you do, you won't be able to build muscle. You'll even start to lose bulk as your body will be breaking down your muscle tissue for fuel. If you controlled your diet but increased the weight, I guarantee you would get better results without gaining weight. Precision dieting takes a lot of hard work and experimentation mind, but it would definitely work. A good example of this: I was reading Rennulf Fiennes, the Arctic explorer's autobiography, and they showed a picture of him at the end of an expedition in the antarctic. It was truly shocking how gaunt he looked. He very much resembled a skeleton. He must have been medically on the very edge of death from being underweight. Yet he was still capable of man hauling a 450lb sledge across Antarctica, which he describes as being "like dragging a bathtub filled with three fully grown men across the Saharah desert five times in a row". So I would say refusing to use more weight is very much closing a door you haven't properly looked through yet. Also losing *some* strength with age is inevitable. I would say the best you could do without using heavier weights would be stay active, keep doing what you're doing and the strength loss will be minimized as best as possible. Well, it’s difficult to maintain strength without pushing your muscles.
I would say it’s very possible to control the bulking with your diet.
Ultimately, if you take away the calories, no matter what you do, you won’t be able to build muscle. You’ll even start to lose bulk as your body will be breaking down your muscle tissue for fuel.

If you controlled your diet but increased the weight, I guarantee you would get better results without gaining weight.
Precision dieting takes a lot of hard work and experimentation mind, but it would definitely work.

A good example of this: I was reading Rennulf Fiennes, the Arctic explorer’s autobiography, and they showed a picture of him at the end of an expedition in the antarctic. It was truly shocking how gaunt he looked. He very much resembled a skeleton. He must have been medically on the very edge of death from being underweight.
Yet he was still capable of man hauling a 450lb sledge across Antarctica, which he describes as being “like dragging a bathtub filled with three fully grown men across the Saharah desert five times in a row”.

So I would say refusing to use more weight is very much closing a door you haven’t properly looked through yet.

Also losing *some* strength with age is inevitable.

I would say the best you could do without using heavier weights would be stay active, keep doing what you’re doing and the strength loss will be minimized as best as possible.

]]> By: Olivia http://pecworkout.net/how-to-retain-muscle-strength-without-bulking-up.php/comment-page-1#comment-250 Olivia Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:11:57 +0000 http://pecworkout.net/how-to-retain-muscle-strength-without-bulking-up.php#comment-250 If you don't want to bulk up, I recommend not using weights at all, weights are supposed to make you bulk up, no matter how low. But to keep your muscles toned and in shape, you can run, or do regular exercises not involving weights. I personally like tennis, crunches, push ups, etc. They are all good to keep your body toned up without bulking up. Hope I was of help. If you don’t want to bulk up, I recommend not using weights at all, weights are supposed to make you bulk up, no matter how low. But to keep your muscles toned and in shape, you can run, or do regular exercises not involving weights. I personally like tennis, crunches, push ups, etc. They are all good to keep your body toned up without bulking up. Hope I was of help.

]]> By: homey d http://pecworkout.net/how-to-retain-muscle-strength-without-bulking-up.php/comment-page-1#comment-249 homey d Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:36:54 +0000 http://pecworkout.net/how-to-retain-muscle-strength-without-bulking-up.php#comment-249 u need to tone ur muscles. use low weights but alot of reps u need to tone ur muscles. use low weights but alot of reps

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