Lose Bf% and Keep strength(DIET)

KoDaKmOmEnTgOgEtMyCaMeRa · 03-13-2008, 03:48 PM

A friend of mine is trying to cut down but keep his muscle and strength.

Right now he is around 216 w/ around 15-18%bf i think.
Goal around 205

He is 17 and plays o line and d line, he wants to lose fat, mostly around his midsection, so he can get quicker and faster to play linebacker.

What type of diet would you reccomend? so he can lose the fat but keep his muscle and strength.

cranny · 03-13-2008, 04:21 PM

He should be eating 6-8 times/day w/ meals consisting somewhere in the neighborhood of 40% pro, 30% carb, and 30% fat. Proteins should be lean cuts of chicken, fish, beef, and eggs. Carbs need to be mostly green veggies like broccoli, asparagus, and green beans. Leave the starches to breakfast and mid morning. These would be mostly oatmeal, brown rice, and sweet potatoes. Limit fats to the unsaturated kind like raw almonds, natty peanutbutter, and olive oil. I'm not a believer in spot reducing certain areas; but if he sticks to a strict diet and exercise it will come off in time.

strawberryriddick · 03-14-2008, 08:54 AM

What Cranny said. Working out your muscles will help burn fat, and apparenlty it's mostly taken from the midsection from something I read. They say that you can't gain muscle and lose weight, but you can gain muscle and lose bodyfat.

Sarge · 03-14-2008, 09:12 AM

it's very achievable, I've done it. Easy? No. But it can be done.

Cranny gave great advice. Depending on his schedule I'd have carbs post workout and whenever the middle of the day is for him (depending on wake up and sleeping time).

The most important thing is to be eating ON TIME every time.

03-13-2008, 03:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
KoDaKmOmEnTgOgEtMyCaMeRa AF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 756	Lose Bf% and Keep strength(DIET) A friend of mine is trying to cut down but keep his muscle and strength. Right now he is around 216 w/ around 15-18%bf i think. Goal around 205 He is 17 and plays o line and d line, he wants to lose fat, mostly around his midsection, so he can get quicker and faster to play linebacker. What type of diet would you reccomend? so he can lose the fat but keep his muscle and strength.

03-14-2008, 08:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
strawberryriddick Not Italian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Some Marine Base Posts: 447 Rep Power: 12887	What Cranny said. Working out your muscles will help burn fat, and apparenlty it's mostly taken from the midsection from something I read. They say that you can't gain muscle and lose weight, but you can gain muscle and lose bodyfat. __________________ "Society places too great a gap between its warriors and philosophers." -Unknown

03-14-2008, 09:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sarge Goal Setting Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northly Posts: 4,115 Rep Power: 43039	it's very achievable, I've done it. Easy? No. But it can be done. Cranny gave great advice. Depending on his schedule I'd have carbs post workout and whenever the middle of the day is for him (depending on wake up and sleeping time). The most important thing is to be eating ON TIME every time. __________________ APT Pro Gear 'All that we are is a result of what we have thought...' - Buddha

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03-13-2008, 04:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
cranny Runs with scissors Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Testville Posts: 1,287 Rep Power: 164515	He should be eating 6-8 times/day w/ meals consisting somewhere in the neighborhood of 40% pro, 30% carb, and 30% fat. Proteins should be lean cuts of chicken, fish, beef, and eggs. Carbs need to be mostly green veggies like broccoli, asparagus, and green beans. Leave the starches to breakfast and mid morning. These would be mostly oatmeal, brown rice, and sweet potatoes. Limit fats to the unsaturated kind like raw almonds, natty peanutbutter, and olive oil. I'm not a believer in spot reducing certain areas; but if he sticks to a strict diet and exercise it will come off in time.