Re: CRON and Bodybuilding

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> Hi!

> Lean mass is realy bad for CRON? Somebody known if mice (or human)

> in CRON can have lean mass better that normal normal? Or it's the

> cost to pay for a longer lifespan?

Short answer:

If you want to have a body mass, than

you should have a body mass suficient to armazen enough glicogen

to suport, saym, a day or two of fasting.

This seems little but in therms of body mass is a lot, because of

low body fat (in this case you will " appear " week,but will be strong in

fact).

If your BMR is 1600, than if you ingest 1600 + little weightlifting will

do well. But you need to have a need a *minimal* bood fat (5%), this implies

that some of your

muscular mass *need* to be lost, if you are a like Arnold Shwazeneger

(Arnold is now a candidate haha, if I was north american I would vote in

him...).

Note that CR makes you loose minimal muscle mass (just type ABCDE in google

and

see what you've got).

But remember that 3000 kcal/day + weighlifting will not do the job (lead to

life extension).

-- Gandhi.

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[Guest guest]

> Hi!

> Lean mass is realy bad for CRON? Somebody known if mice (or human)

> in CRON can have lean mass better that normal normal? Or it's the

> cost to pay for a longer lifespan?

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> Tanks

*****The understanding is that one of the (several) critical elements

in extending the lifespan is the reduction of the body's

metabolic " furnaces " (along with diminishing the concomitant

metablolic " waste " ). This is why those on a very stict CRON diet are

usually more susceptible to cooler temperatures.

Adding muscle mass (beyond the amount needed for a " noraml,

functional " life), increases the body's metabolism, since muscle is

metabolically " active. " Thus body-building - either recreational or

professional - will probably not aid in producing a longer lifespan

because an increased metabolism seems to " wear out " the body faster

than a slower one.

It its worth noting that one of the effects/goals of a CRON lifestyle

is, in fact, to slow down the metabolism. It is for this reason

(amongst others) that if one engages in a fairly restrictive CRON

diet after several years one will find it much easier to gain weight:

the metabolism has been " shifted " downward.

~ Andy

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For a complete, no-nonsense description of CR, try to archive the lead article, "The Surprising Rise Of a Radical Diet: 'Calorie Restriction,' June 8, 2002 Wall Street Fournal. Peg