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Anonymous
>>26656 Once again, I apologize for calling you out as a troll. I'll try to clear everything up here...
You can lose weight (fat) and build muscle at the same time. In fact, that's what a lot of people do when they first start working out if they haven't done anything in a while, no matter if they just do cardio or just lift. But soon, your body will adjust to one or the other and start doing what you're training it to do (no matter you're intention, you'll see what I mean soon).
If you just do cardio, you'll build the muscles needed to perform the exercise you are doing (legs for running/biking, back also for swimming/rowing), but soon those muscles will only be trained for endurance and will show for that. They will be long and lean and will be able to push a moderate load over a long period of time. They will plateau quickly but your heart and lung health will improve dramatically over time (improving the ability of the body to feed oxygen and nutrients to your muscles and other tissues).
When you train for strength (not mass), your muscles will begin to learn how to push an extreme load in a short burst. You will tear the muscle time and time again, and it will need fuel to rebuild. It will rebuild and it will get stronger. If you are losing weight with cardio at the same time, you will not gain muscle as fast as if you were just lifting and eating to gain mass. But you will still gain some muscle and that muscle will improve your metabolism and cardio workouts.
Personally, I think lifting just to gain mass is vain and egotistical. You should only worry about becoming the best 'you' that you can be. Cardio and strength training together will do that.
If you want to develop mass only, don't do any cardio. You'll get plenty big, but who the fuck cares. Bench 400 and run a 10 minute mile, that's not an athlete.
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