Maintain current muscle, but lose weight?

Maintain current muscle, but lose weight?		heatherx33
		Jul 05 2008 21:40
I have a question. Right now I dont really want to build muscle. I just want to lose fat. I would like to maintain the muscle I do have though. So how often would you work your muscles out, and would you have up your weights or reps each time? I mean wouldnt you just have to work them out like once a week with the same amount of weight? Would I even have to use weights?

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#1	heatherx33	Jul 06 2008 00:38
BUMP.
#2	spookychick	Jul 06 2008 14:56
muscles do two things pretty well, learn - and be lazy. for instance, muscles are used to things you do everyday and once you start doing a routine a few times a week, they get used to that too. once a week at low-to-useless poundage will do nothing. once a week on a hardcore split where you spend 80 minutes on legs alone and sweat so much you have to change shirts... now thats a whole different kettle of fish~ "Right now I dont really want to build muscle. I just want to lose fat" your best, quickest and most long lasting magic-bullet to weight loss is weightlifting. search this forum for keywords such as 'strength' 'weights' and 'pink' and you will find loads of posts on the reasons women lift, get slender and don't bulk up or hulk out. (i suspect the sheer amount of posts like that is why this has not been replied to right away). so, yes you would have to up your reps after 12 reps (and 2-3 sets) of an exercise become too easy.... so not "every time" but eventually. weightlifting is very organic in that you learn and grow as you go take a look at my profile. i lift weights - i lose fat. only recently have i done 20-40 minutes cardio daily - but that is an experiment since i have quit smoking and has not been what worked for life-long body sculpting.
#3	cawilder	Jul 07 2008 19:50
Read New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women. It'a book and really good.
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