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Yes and no, running works your legs. If you do not strain muscles, they cannot tear which what makes them stronger. Without the strain you lose muscle. When running you work your leg muscles, so those muscles you won't lose but upper body isn't worked as much so they will shrink.

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Yes. The muscle can be burned and used to produce energy when your calorie intake is too low.

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not nessessarily. You can be losing weight and gaining muscle. :) :) :) :) :)

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No, by working out you are loosing fat when most of the fat is gone you will start to gain muscle.

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