dr jim
MuscleHead
- Apr 7, 2014
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CBS I never questioned your motives mate nor have you mine, and for that reason alone we have developed mutual respect for each other's contributions on ANY forum
However is the comparison of OBESE patients to BB and others who exercise as a means to increase MR a legitimate comparison? I think NOT!
FIRST it's well known obese patients loose the initial 10-15% of BW with relatively minimal difficulty regardless of the "technique used" whether it's diet, drugs or exercise.
SECOND a considerable portion, the majority in fact, of the "weight loss" which occurs in obesity trials involves a REDUCTION in LBM, something BB obviously need to avoid.
THIRD there are a variety of metabolic factors which are responsible (at least in part) for an obese patients TBW which are not present in BB such as changes in serum leptin levels, and an alteration in their metabolic "set point" which is NOT problematic in BB.
My point, the use of therapies originally designed for use in obese patients is probably of limited benefit for legitimate BB or lifters and often causes nothing more than untoward side effects, IME.
Jim
However is the comparison of OBESE patients to BB and others who exercise as a means to increase MR a legitimate comparison? I think NOT!
FIRST it's well known obese patients loose the initial 10-15% of BW with relatively minimal difficulty regardless of the "technique used" whether it's diet, drugs or exercise.
SECOND a considerable portion, the majority in fact, of the "weight loss" which occurs in obesity trials involves a REDUCTION in LBM, something BB obviously need to avoid.
THIRD there are a variety of metabolic factors which are responsible (at least in part) for an obese patients TBW which are not present in BB such as changes in serum leptin levels, and an alteration in their metabolic "set point" which is NOT problematic in BB.
My point, the use of therapies originally designed for use in obese patients is probably of limited benefit for legitimate BB or lifters and often causes nothing more than untoward side effects, IME.
Jim