Many people who use muscle training to keep healthy will find that once the fitness program stops for various reasons, the fat on the body surface begins to become "crazy". Almost everyone has a similar experience from amateur bodybuilders to professional bodybuilders. Except for a few people who are naturally difficult to gain weight, there are always people who insist on training like monks. This phenomenon has almost become a "curse" that bodybuilders and bodybuilders can't eliminate.

As we all know, Arnold Schwarzenegger gained weight rapidly after he stopped training as governor, which forced him to squeeze time out of his busy leadership position and return to the gym to sweat profusely. I often hear fitness enthusiasts telling each other in the gym: as long as you start fitness, you can't stop, or you'll get fat soon. So, what causes bodybuilders to get fat as soon as they stop? Generally speaking, people with regular living habits will not change their body shape in the short term without changing their living habits.

However, when this person starts to exercise, his living habits will gradually change with the needs of fitness. First of all, in his body, muscles will gradually increase and fat will gradually decrease. If this person is of medium height, his weight may not change much at the beginning of fitness, but from the outside, he looks more refined and stronger, which is the effect of increasing muscle and reducing fat. Secondly, his eating habits will change. Because muscle itself is a luxurious calorie consumption device, the basal metabolic rate of bodybuilders will gradually increase with the increase of muscle. In order to cope with the calories needed for muscle and high-intensity training, he needs to supplement quite a lot of carbohydrates. In addition, the demand of muscle trainers for protein is much higher than that of ordinary people, reaching 1-2g/kg, which means that they may eat more lean meat, eggs and dairy products.

Of course, in order to prevent the growth of fat, bodybuilders will limit the intake of foods such as fat and monosaccharide, and the diet will be healthier. But even so, the calories in their diet are enough to make the average person obese by one third. Due to the limitation of fat and monosaccharide, bodybuilders may need to get a lot of energy from potatoes, grains and other foods, and the calories in these foods are not high, so the total amount of food they consume is higher than that of foods with more concentrated calories.