I mean I love to play tennis, and I really would like to build my stamina way up by running and other aerobic/anaerobic excercizes... I'm naturally metabolically skinny, and healthy but I have very little body fat .... and if I run a lot I'm afraid it may burn my muscle instead?
2007-09-16 13:08:49 · 5 answers · asked by Aaron H 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
A very little bit of fat goes a long way. You can cover about 35 miles on a pound of fat. So I wouldn't worry about not having enough fat to be a runner.
Your low bodyfat could give you an advantage, because you don't have as much non-fucntional weight to carry around. You could think or all those other runners as being handicapped by having to run with a 10 lb weight strapped to their bodies.
Avoiding burning your muscles is a matter of proper nutrition. Competitive running uses over 75% carb for energy (the rest mostly from fat). If your body runs out of blood sugar and glycogen stores, yes, it will burn muscle instead. So the answer is to make sure you replenish the carbs burned and keep to a protein sparing diet.
After your practice or competittion, be sure to get a protein shake with 20 to 30 grams of protein, virtually no fat and 40 to 80 grams of carbs, depending on how long you ran. Your diet should have 1 gram of protein for every gram of lean body weight and be of adequate calories to gain some weight (since you will need to build some muscle mass in order to run).
Good luck!
2007-09-16 17:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by ftm_poolshark 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-09 07:46:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the level of body fat has no correlation with running ability. the only way to find out if you are an efficient runner is to try it and find out.
2007-09-16 13:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u will not burn muscle mass by running!
(as long as u up ur calorie intake, also if u want to start running more eat more, especially more protein)
2007-09-16 13:18:10 · answer #4 · answered by lil sammy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as you eat well, you sound like you're built like a great runner
oh and remember to hydrate..thats very important...almost as important as food...lol
2007-09-16 13:14:02 · answer #5 · answered by nonstick.velcro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋