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Lost weight, now to build muscle!

PurpleBerry0089
PurpleBerry0089 Posts: 32 Member
in Motivation and Support
Lost most the weight that I wanted to, now to build muscle! Tips for trying to gain weight from muscle without adding too much extra weight from fat?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Small calorie surplus and a quality hypertrophy program; however, gaining fat while bulking is inevitable which is why people do bulking and cutting cycles. That said, "building muscle" is pretty broad. I've put on muscle eating around maintenance and just re-comping, but it's not slabs of muscle like a bodybuilder and it's much slower, but I also don't have to do bulking and cutting cycles and have no desire to look remotely like a bodybuilder.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,489 Member
    Consider this, as one option:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

    Lots of good information in that thread, if you want to add muscle, lose a little fat, without gaining weight. Also some progress pictures from other MFP-ers doing it.

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