loosing weight but gaining muscle

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tyltyl45
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loosing weight but gaining muscle

Post by tyltyl45 » July 25th, 2017, 4:29 pm

i am a 5'11" heavyweight male weighing about 190, i have realized that this not a good thing. i spoke to one of my coaches and asked if i should go light weight and she said no, she told me to go to 175-179 and put on a lot of muscle staying between 175-179. she said to get down to the 170s first then put on the muscle, she said to long ss pieces at a 1550-160 hr and do 4x10s and 2x20s but i want now some other erg workouts to do that are a similar to 4x10 and 2x20. any sugestions would help alot.

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Re: loosing weight but gaining muscle

Post by Cyclist2 » July 25th, 2017, 5:13 pm

Try the C2 Workout of the Day: http://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/training/wod. You can read it there, or have a daily email sent to you.
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Re: loosing weight but gaining muscle

Post by hjs » July 27th, 2017, 10:53 am

tyltyl45 wrote:i am a 5'11" heavyweight male weighing about 190, i have realized that this not a good thing. i spoke to one of my coaches and asked if i should go light weight and she said no, she told me to go to 175-179 and put on a lot of muscle staying between 175-179. she said to get down to the 170s first then put on the muscle, she said to long ss pieces at a 1550-160 hr and do 4x10s and 2x20s but i want now some other erg workouts to do that are a similar to 4x10 and 2x20. any sugestions would help alot.
Search for wolverine plan and the section level 4 training. Could be usefull

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Re: loosing weight but gaining muscle

Post by Rod » July 27th, 2017, 12:35 pm

tyltyl45 wrote:i am a 5'11" heavyweight male weighing about 190, i have realized that this not a good thing. i spoke to one of my coaches and asked if i should go light weight and she said no, she told me to go to 175-179 and put on a lot of muscle staying between 175-179. she said to get down to the 170s first then put on the muscle, she said to long ss pieces at a 1550-160 hr and do 4x10s and 2x20s but i want now some other erg workouts to do that are a similar to 4x10 and 2x20. any sugestions would help alot.
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Re: loosing weight but gaining muscle

Post by jackarabit » July 27th, 2017, 3:11 pm

3x13' w/ rate change 18-20-18 or 20-18-20. Should provide adequate grunt. :)
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