You are splitting hairs and I'm not too certain if I'm clear on everything you're asking.
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Originally Posted by seadog83  I've read that it is more or less impossible to increase muscle while decreasing fat, and for the most part that makes sense |
For starters, very fat people and absolute novices to strength training can experience concurrent fat loss and muscle gain. Even I experience at times after a long break.
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however I'm just curious what will happen to my muscles when I weight train after doing cardio while on a calorie restricted diet?
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I'm not sure what you mean. Anytime you lift weights it has the same impact locally to the muscle, no matter if it's after you run or if you're dieting or not.
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It makes sense that muscle mass wont increase since I'm at a calorie deficit, and accordingly I'm missing out on the higher metabolism more muscle mass brings.
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The added metabolism from more muscle is really overblown in most cases.
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That said I'd like to think theres more of a gain than the calories burnt while actively lifting.
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Not sure what you're saying?
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On a similar note, once you do 20 minutes cardio they say your metabolim increases for a couple hours after. Aside from the calories directly burnt, is there any benefit gained by doing 30 mins of cardio instead of 20?
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The increase in metabolism post steady state, moderate intensity cardio isn't great at all, it doesn't matter if you're talking about 20 or 30 minutes.
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