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that building muscle whilst losing weight will help to prevent saggy skin?
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Well, you can't build muscle and lose weight at the same time. What you can do is preserve your muscle by lifting, which will help focus the weight loss on fat, and it won't have people looking "skinny fat" when they reach their goal weight and have no definition.0
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You won't be able to build muscle while losing fat.
But you can retain more muscle by strength training and eating enough protein. And you can also try to keep a moderate deficit, which gives the skin time to adapt.0 -
With the exception of newbie gains, you won't be building muscle in a deficit. Lift to maintain muscle mass and get stronger.0
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You cannot build muscle in a caloric deficit.
You lose weight in a caloric deficit.
You gain muscle in a caloric surplus.
To prevent saggy skin, losing weight too fast (say if your TDEE is higher then you should eat at -500 calories per day instead of jumping to 1500 calories for example) will cause the weight to drop, and the skin won't catch up with it.
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I've noticed my biceps getting firmer though, or is that gaining muscle mass rather than actually building muscle?0
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For future reference, MFP does provide an edit option.0 -
Ha ha noted!0
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Okay there are a few times you can gain muscle while losing fat.
Noob gains if you are new to lifting, but they are scarce.
Gains if you are obese and start lifting
Recomp, eating at maintenance gaining muscle at a slow pace and losing fat but weight may stay the same.
That is with consistent weight lifting, getting in enough protein etc.
Your best bet is to lift weights or do some sort of resistance training, get in enough protein and eat at a deficit to lose fat and maintain as much muscle as you can.0 -
Okay there are a few times you can gain muscle while losing fat.
Yes.
I'm dropping a lot of weight ... and yet the muscle tone in my legs from all the hill climbing (cycling hilly routes) is really developing nicely. I have gone from 'sausage legs' back pretty close to the muscular cycling legs I had about a decade ago.
If I am not both gaining muscle while losing weight ... what am I doing?
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Okay there are a few times you can gain muscle while losing fat.
Yes.
I'm dropping a lot of weight ... and yet the muscle tone in my legs from all the hill climbing (cycling hilly routes) is really developing nicely. I have gone from 'sausage legs' back pretty close to the muscular cycling legs I had about a decade ago.
If I am not both gaining muscle while losing weight ... what am I doing?
Losing fat0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Okay there are a few times you can gain muscle while losing fat.
Yes.
I'm dropping a lot of weight ... and yet the muscle tone in my legs from all the hill climbing (cycling hilly routes) is really developing nicely. I have gone from 'sausage legs' back pretty close to the muscular cycling legs I had about a decade ago.
If I am not both gaining muscle while losing weight ... what am I doing?
Losing fat
And increasing muscle.
But note that I'm not saying that I am replacing fat with muscle. They are two different things.
As I'm losing weight, I am exercising more and taking on more challenging climbing routes. The one last weekend was one I wouldn't have even considered 4 months ago.
Also, I have been measuring the girth of my thighs from the beginning, and despite the fact that I've dropped 14 kg, they have only dropped 1 cm. So it's not like I'm shedding a thick layer of fat to reveal muscle underneath. I haven't been shedding much off my thighs at all.
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To everyone saying you can't build muscle and lose weight at the same time. Is this piece incorrect then?
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/the-basics-of-body-recomposition-how-to-lose-fat-gain-muscle-at-the-same-time/0 -
To the people who say you can't build muscle and lose weight at the same time - that's news to me - got any links that explain that?0
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Sagging skin is avoided by SLOW weight loss and adequate external and internal hydration. Also: Genetics and age.
So, be young and lucky, and in the meantime, don't crash diet and drink tons of water and moisturize.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »To the people who say you can't build muscle and lose weight at the same time - that's news to me - got any links that explain that?
http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/how-to-build-muscle-and-lose-fat/
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kshama2001 wrote: »To the people who say you can't build muscle and lose weight at the same time - that's news to me - got any links that explain that?
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/adding-muscle-while-losing-fat-qa.html/0
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