Does anybody know if resting metabolism increases due to muscle GROWTH or muscle DENSITY? Or both? If it is growth, does that mean that if you don't want to increase your muscle size (you'd rather maintain), then you won't be increasing your resting metabolism?
And here's another interesting thought for those of you involved in Freestyle training:
The theory behind it is that working your lower body 6 days a week results in overtraining, which leads to a smaller lower body, correct? And if we consider that endurance atheletes have much smaller muscles than body builders, that theory seems true. However, what is actually happening when your lower body gets smaller? I'm sure some fat is gone, but aren't you also burning some MUSCLE? And since you have less muscle, doesn't that mean your resting metabolism is lower? Granted, you could be doing more cardio to compensate.
Just a thought.
And here's another interesting thought for those of you involved in Freestyle training:
The theory behind it is that working your lower body 6 days a week results in overtraining, which leads to a smaller lower body, correct? And if we consider that endurance atheletes have much smaller muscles than body builders, that theory seems true. However, what is actually happening when your lower body gets smaller? I'm sure some fat is gone, but aren't you also burning some MUSCLE? And since you have less muscle, doesn't that mean your resting metabolism is lower? Granted, you could be doing more cardio to compensate.
Just a thought.
