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Question and Answer
Naturally i seem to get my share of questions from peeps about fitness/bodybuilding issues. it is safe to assume that since i look the way i do, i do have some form of experience in this field. My knowledge comes mostly from actually doing them myself or even coming accross it in various questions and answers myself and from online and magazine articles. I will try to update this page with some of the common questions i have been asked at a point in time and if my opinion does change, i will update the answer as well.
Unfortunately, some answers might not be generally acceptable by many, that's okay by me. Fitness athletes,bodybuiders in particular,are known for experimenting a lot. This is partly because it is somewhat an extremist sport. We always want to be bigger than ever, leaner than ever, stronger than ever e.t.c In this quest, we try training harder than normal,eat lesser, eat more,use more enhancements,just to get that extra edge............................. So most of the time,we generally are miles ahead of scientists or even nutritionists.
Question 1: Is it okay to take alcohol once in a while?
ANSWER:
if you are eating for maintenance, i.e don't have any major fitness goals in mind, it's okay in my books. If you're are in a fat loss phase,where for a short period of time you have a goal of loosing some pounds of fat, it's not a good idea. firstly, alcohol does have about 7calories per gram/ml. since alcohol is "foreign" to the body,the body tends to utilise alcohol first before any other nutrient, hence, for the time being, it halts fat loss. Another reason is you tend to eat more after drinking alcohol since it dehydrates you and increases your appetite. While on a reduced calorie intake; as is recommended for fat loss,you sure don't want to be taking in excess calories from alcohol and have an increased appetite.
Question 2: can i loose fat by doing cardio without weight training?.
ANSWER:
yes it is perfectly possible. Bottomline is this; to loose fat, simply put, there has to be a calorific deficit i.e eat less than you are ingesting or use up more calories than you are eating. Unfortunately, though you loose fat when you go either route, after a while, your body starts "fighting back", as the human body seems to want to maintain yr bodyweight at what it is currently. this is where one tends to look at other ways of enhancing the fat loss process. you can only stave yourself so much and you can only do so much cardio before those options tend to do more harm/create more stress to your body/immune system than good. Though there are many reasons why one needs weight training,one major reason, fat loss related,is that the muscle you are able to put on is "high maintenance" i.e just sitting there burns up more calories, even when sleeping. Also, the muscle building process itself does use up calories too. This is in contrast to fat that sits there using no calories, or like i like to put it; sits there looking pretty.
