Increasing Metabolism

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Hi everyone,

I have just started my pre-season training at rugby and am now back in the gym (i know i shouldn't have stopped. . lol). I was chatting to some guys the other day and got onto the conversation of the goals each of us wanted to reach. One of the guys asked what my goal was . . . my reply :
"I'm around 6"1 and very broad but carry a lot of fat. My goal is to put on muscle whilst taking off the belly, giving myself a good muscular presence."
I've attemted all of the reduce portion size diets and many of the more random diets e.g the only eat fruit etc. To me, none of them keep any weight off and make my weight fluctuate.
One of the guys said to me in response "You need to increase your metabolism."
My questions to anyone who answers this is - What is your metabolism? What the benefits of increasing it?

Thanks
- P.s this is my first published peice on OCUK so soz if its a bit 'help me!'
 
first of all:

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sour...6g-s1g3&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=6c9029fa69005f47

:p

welcome

secondly: metabolism is the way that your body releases energy. Doing exercise raises your bmr (base metabolic rate), because you are doing exercise you use more energy. So doing exercise increases your metabolism. Also, if you eat food more regularly that increases your metabolism.

It is difficult to lose fat and maintain all your muscle, so it is even more difficult to lose fat while building muscle.
 
Thanks for the quick reply,
I have looked at the link and now have a better understanding.
So, by what you written on the last line of your post, you would say that, to get quick results i should focus on the weightloss and then go through a period of time in increasing my muscle along with focusing on increasing my metabolism?
 
amazing. from next to nothing some people in a gym tell you to raise your metabolism? they dont even know what your current metabolic rate is!
 
Look.
What i first wrote was a VERY reduced conversation description. a lot of things came up in that conversation e.g what my type of training i was doing, my goal and eating pattern, which was two meals a day due to skipping breakfast (at that time). So it wasn't just a couple of meat heads just talking crap!

Please, i'm not on here posting that i know everything, this thread was meant for people, like me, who are curious about metabolism!

Thankyou

Again - thanks for the links Wise Guy a lot has been cleared up!
 
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Apologies - i guess i'm not a morning person! lol

'What did they say about my diet?'
Poor.

They said that many people make the mistake when dieting that eating less e.g one or two meals per day, is the key. But really it is due to a low metabolism. Which they also made links to lack of exercise.

i have changed my diet, as well as being back in the gym.

the diet is:

1 protein shake with oats - morning
Small handfull of almonds, 1 banana - 2hrs later
chicken sandwhich - 2 hrs later
Small pasta dish - 2hrs
Evening meal before 7pm

Drinks are only water and squash.

Is this good for the goal that i'm wanting to acheive? Is this the right way in which to increase metabolism along with exercise?

Thanks guys, and again. . apologies
 
Forget about the whole metabolism thing.

Your goal is to lose fat right? In which case this equation is key.

if calories in < calories out
then you lose weight

makes sense right? two ways to do this are to eat less and exercise more. how much do you weigh? That will tell us what you need to be eating. Also you have to work out how many calories, carbs, protein you are getting from your diet :)
 
Completely, you need to know how many kcals you need each day then make yourself be under that be it via diet or exercise.
 
Hi Guys,

My current weight is at 15 stone 7lb! Mid season i'm normally around 14st 7lb but still got a lot of fat!
Is the diet I posted last any good?
 
You can't really "increase" your metabolism.

The more lean body mass you have the better your body metabolises food. You can make your body's metabolic rate more effective via diet, exercise and reduction of certain things. IT also depends on how you react to certain thermogenic foods, as well as genetic differences which may change how you react to certain things.

However, to know this, you need to measure your current weight, height, fat percentage, blood pressure, resting heart rate, age, go through different exercises, check recovery times, etc... a full metabolic test takes a good hour to perform.

SO until you know this you can't really measure it or increase it.

The key to losing fat and increasing muscle is to cut out the crap in your diet, sleep well, exercise hard, and reduce stress in your life.

So big hard compound lifts in the gym. Some HIIT for fitness and accelerated fat loss, maybe even some fasted cardio in the mornings.

4-5 good wholesome meals a day with variation, containing proteins, good fats, complex/low GI carbs, lots of veg (especially green veg) and some fruits.

Get a good 8hrs sleep every night.

Cut back on computer/tv time.

Walk/cycle to the shops instead of driving.

Reduce alcohol intake.

Learn to meditate/relax - sounds wishy washy, but it really does help loosen tension and reduce cortisol levels (which leads to fat storage).

The basic mantra of, eat well, sleep well, train like your life depends on it, and live happy basically sums it up.
 
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