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Old April 11th, 2008, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by April RD View Post
I haven't had much experience in exercise physiology or fitness, so that's an area I could learn a lot in. I hadn't even considered that someone like yourself would want to count calories in an attempt to maximize performance and muscle mass, but that definitely makes sense.
In my case, or anyone like me actually, counting calories becomes ridiculously critical if you want to take it to the next level, really. And not just calories. I mean, I'm lean. Relatively speaking. But when dieting down, if I don't make sure I'm getting in adequate amounts of proteins, there's a very real chance I'll lose some of my hard earned muscle. Our bodies don't like carrying a lot of extra muscle in the face of an energetic deficit. By increasing my caloric intake at times like that, it gives my body a source of aminos in the bloodstream to preferentially pull from instead of the existing stores (muscle).
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