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Just how did Ricky lose so much weight?

Dolfan4life! said:
outtawack311 said:
actually, when you stop working out you are supposed to gain a ton of weight. Not lose weight,
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i was never really very heavy to begin with, but i weigh 20 pounds less than i did when i stopped lifting after college. muscle is heavy.
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outtawack311 said:
actually, when you stop working out you are supposed to gain a ton of weight. Not lose weight, the only way players usually end up as small as he did is if he stopped taking steroids. It's either that or his insane diet. I wouldn't put him past steroids though.
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Please dont speak up unless you know what you are talking about, because you pretty clearly do not.. Your average person, if they stop doing cardio type workouts will gain weight...fat. Ricky has been keeping active and eating normally, so he didnt gain fat.

An NFL player, however, has to do alot of strength training. He was 230 pounds of muscle. That requires a strict diet and weight training regime to keep up. He wasnt eating what was on his NFL diet, nor was his training, so he lost muscle mass.
 
TerryTate said:
Muscle mass will fade rapidly if you stop working out. Muscle is heavy, and is MUCH MORE heavy than fat. Ricky was always busy with something after he walked away from the Dolphins, whether it was traveling, hiking, etc. The weight gain you are talking about is when someone stops working out and sits on their arse, like what happened to me. :lol:
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I'll go with my sports marketing professor on this one. The majority of athletes who stop playing gain weight, except for in extreme cases like steroids or what ricky was doing with his diet and new lifestyle. I didn't say he was doing steroids, I just said I wouldn't put it past him.
 
outtawack311 said:
You don't believe me??? When you play sports and workout all the time you gain a ton of weight after you stop.
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I'm sure that there are a few factors that figure into that equation. If you are a lineman, this could be true. If you are a lean, muscular player that Ricky is/was, during the first year, you lose muscle mass and, as TT has pointed out, you have a rapid drop in weight (due to muscle weighing more than fat). Now, if this kind of lifestyle goes on for extended period of time, THEN you will begin increase stores of body fat and in turn gain weight. Ricky was in great shape and has lost muscle mass. Since he's been studying Wholistic Medicine, I would venture to say that he has stayed away from foods that are not conducive to his new way of life (in other words, he's been eating healthy). For these reasons, I am not surprised that he hasn't packed on the pounds during his year off.

For those that think the weed should have caused him to gain weight, this is not true. Weed actually acts as an appetite suppressent in many smokers.
 
Lungoystr said:
I'm sure that there are a few factors that figure into that equation. If you are a lineman, this could be true. If you are a lean, muscular player that Ricky is/was, during the first year, you lose muscle mass and, as TT has pointed out, you have a rapid drop in weight (due to muscle weighing more than fat). Now, if this kind of lifestyle goes on for extended period of time, THEN you will begin increase stores of body fat and in turn gain weight. Ricky was in great shape and has lost muscle mass. Since he's been studying Wholistic Medicine, I would venture to say that he has stayed away from foods that are not conducive to his new way of life (in other words, he's been eating healthy). For these reasons, I am not surprised that he hasn't packed on the pounds during his year off.

For those that think the weed should have caused him to gain weight, this is not true. Weed actually acts as an appetite suppressent in many smokers.
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Read my first post. The guy asked how Ricky lost weight and I gave him the ways that it happens. I mentioned his diet in that post too.
 
outtawack311 said:
Read my first post. The guy asked how Ricky lost weight and I gave him the ways that it happens. I mentioned his diet in that post too.
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But the fact still remains that when you first stop working out, if you are lean and muscular, you will lose weight (due to loss of muscle mass). Linemen, which usually carry a bulk of fat would be more prone to gain weight after quitting excercise session simply because their bodies have learned to store fat more efficienty and pound for pound they have less muscle mass to help them burn fat.
 
Its been a while since I've posted, but this is a good one to jump in on. As most know, I'm an avid lifter. I'm not claiming to be an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but this is what I've seen to be true. Usually, the only time muscle turns to fat is when you use supplements to gain that muscle, such as steroids, and to a lesser extent creatine. In Ricky's case, he most likely stopped working out and stopped eating his diet. As Matt stated earlier in the thread, muscle is the heaviest tissue in the body, and also the quickest to degenerate if not exercised regularly. What most likely happened to Ricky is he stopped eating the food he needed to maintain his muscle mass, and definately stopped his workout routine......
 
outtawack311 said:
I'll go with my sports marketing professor on this one. The majority of athletes who stop playing gain weight, except for in extreme cases like steroids or what ricky was doing with his diet and new lifestyle. I didn't say he was doing steroids, I just said I wouldn't put it past him.
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They gain weight because they stop being active and they get fat. If Ricky stayed active but just didnt lift he would lose that muscle mass.
 
the only thing that can stop ricky and ronnie is our offensive line. no opponent will be able to handle both of them.
 
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