Running or Bodybuilding?

[youngScholar]

Originally Posted by Asch

The correct path to fitness.

+1 for the old school.

 

[iris]

What does it mean to lose water weight? How do you do it? I especially need a same afterlook as cez with his face to "dry it out".

Water weight is more or less temporary and it fluctuates as you lose about a pint of water from simply going through the day (without exercise) and you gain water from the water and fluids you drink throughout the day. Cutting water weight can be useful if you want to substantially cut weight in a very short amount of time but it isn't healthy.

My experience with cutting water weight has been exclusively due to college lightweight crew. The max weight for any oarsman was 160 lbs, and the boat average had to be 155 lbs. So the typical method for our team was running/rowing/biking while wearing as many layers as possible during the hour or so before weigh-in. Consequently, you'll be sweating out a storm and losing a lot of water weight.

I know other sports such as wrestling have similar weigh-ins but in my experiences, manipulating water weight to a significant extent only occurs (or needs to occur) in the context of "making weight." And as soon as the target weight as met, the athletes typically gorge themselves with food and recovery drinks like gatorade.

 

[cez]

Originally Posted by krillin

you look healthier in the first picture. did you try to lose water weight to get ripped? it kinda dried your face out too.
lol, at try. I obviously lost water weight. Ever heard of hydrolysis?

ATP hydrolysis is the reaction by which chemical energy that has been stored and transported in the high-energy phosphoanhydridic bonds in ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) is released, for example in the muscles, to produce work. The product is ADP (Adenosine diphosphate) and an inorganic phosphate, orthophosphate (Pi). ADP can be further hydrolyzed to give energy, AMP (Adenosine monophosphate), and another orthophosphate (Pi). ATP hydrolysis is the final link between the energy derived from food or sunlight and useful work such as muscle contraction, the establishment of ion gradients across membranes, and biosynthetic processes necessary to maintain life.

Running 4-8 miles 5-6 times a week other wise known as cardio = losing water weight+ burning fat Weight training 3 times a week = building muscle combine the two and you get:

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