gaining mass and muscle but losing body fat.
dextermeyer
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Gaining Muscle and losing fat. Its what we all want. I recently in the last couple months started tracking my weight, foods, nutrition. I am kind of mixed up. Im doing Jeff Cavilieres Muscle gain workout. Jim SToppanis Muscle gain as far as Macros, and intermintant fasting On John Romanellos plan and cycling carbs . So far I havent gained much as far as weight. I feel pretty good. Does anyone see anything with mixing up ideas from fitness specialists?
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Actually not everyone's goal is to gain muscle and lose fat, when I bulk I want to gain. I am usually very lean and can't stand to lose much more fat
Are you trying to gain weight? Or maintain your weight? If you are fairly lean (around 10-12% I believe) and want to gain size/mass you can run a slow/lean bulk to gain muscle and minimize fat (by keeping your surplus small). Otherwise if you are happy with your size/outline and want to lose fat and gain muscle slowly, you can recomp or eat at maintenance. Keep in mind it can be a very slow process.
I tend to keep things simple... eat according to my goals, roughly hit my macros, follow a progressive lifting program based on my goals, and be consistent. That has always yielded fantastic results for me!2 -
Recomping is a SLOW and LONG process. It may take a year or more to see even some noticeable results. Realize that to gain mass, you have to be in a surplus. And with that surplus, it's harder to lose fat. And vice versa. When you go into a deficit, you lose fat, but you also lose muscle to an extent. Like Sardelsa said, the better way to gain mass is to just bulk up. Once you're satisfied with the muscle gain, then cut to reduce fat and see the results.
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I don't follow fitness specialists. I've been around MFP long enough now to have gathered value information and keep things down to a few basic principles when recomping or doing bulk/cut cycles. Which I do both.
Ample protein to support my training, progressive overload by using an established program and proper calorie intake (maintenance intake for recomp and small surplus for bulking). So as far as cycling, I'm one that keeps my cals simple, eat the same amount each day. I've always followed IF (16:8 nothing special about it for me) ends up just being a window/time frame when you consume your intake.
Nothing wrong with doing it any way you want to as long as you get the results you desire in the end.3
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