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MMA Training and I’ve GAINED Weight?

i just started cage fighting training, because i’ve always liked MMA and watching UFC. my question is, after almost a month of intense MMA training with almost constant heart rate maintenance, i’ve actually gained about ten pounds. if i need to add details about what we do at training, let me know.

  1. R-Dog
    July 31st, 2011 at 21:36 | #1

    Most work outs for MMA are very intense. you burn a lot of calories and do a lot of heavy lifting and muscle building activities. Your training has probably helped you to burn your body fat and transform it into muscle. Since muscle weighs more than fat it is very common to gain weight, it is actually better to weigh more and have a lower body fat percentage then it is to weigh the same and have a high body fat percentage, it just means you have more muscle. don’t be alarmed its a good thing you are putting on weight like this.

  2. xobgg
    July 31st, 2011 at 21:36 | #2

    Because of all that training, you probably have gained muscle. It’s also helpful to know that muscle does weigh more than fat.

  3. Dean
    July 31st, 2011 at 21:36 | #3

    You indeed probabley gained muscle.
    Muscle weights more than fat.
    Also if your in your teens your might be growing too.
    Does it look like you’ve gotten fatter?

  4. CuTuPaNgElS
    July 31st, 2011 at 21:36 | #4

    u gained mussle
    mussel weights more than fat, FYI

  5. J A
    July 31st, 2011 at 21:36 | #5

    muscle weighs more than fat…by volume that is, because a pound of fat is bigger in size than a pound of muscle (because duh, a pound of anything is equal in weight to a pound of anything else…I just worded that weird…)

  6. crosstwntraffic
    July 31st, 2011 at 21:36 | #6

    Muscle weighs quite a bit more than fat. As you train you gain muscle weight as you lose fat. It’s a good thing.

  7. Corco
    July 31st, 2011 at 21:36 | #7

    There are probably a few explanations to your weight gain. Either you gained muscle over the past month of your training. Or since you have been training so hard you started to eat more to gain back the calories you have lost. Another reason might be since you’ve been training so hard you have been hydrating yourself more often to prevent dehydration and muscle cramping and all the extra water in your system might show up on the scale. My guess is a combination of all 3 of the reasons I just gave.

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