Skinny Fat (Muscle Gain or Fat Loss)

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  • caesar164
    caesar164 Posts: 312 Member
    Hey Jason,since you at the moment don't have access to a gym; I would consider adding sprints to your current training program/plans.. If you have access to hills. I would run sprints up-hill. Try 50 yard sprints, all out sprints!! If you try this, make sure you warm up first; and streach out your quads, hams, and especially your groin. Easy to pull your groin if not properly warmed up. This should help build up your quads while being a decent fat burner..good luck with your training, remember to stay consistent!
    Stroutman, your post and sources are great. I wasn't going too argue against good advice and information. Also if his body fat was even a tad higher, let's say 17-18%, I would also recommend losing the fat first. The op is on the right path, I just hope he's able to get in a gym soon! Once he start doing compound lifts, that should definitely help increase recomposition.
  • adiboy2349
    adiboy2349 Posts: 20 Member
    Apologies for posting this question here. Hope the OP doesn't mind.

    To begin with, I'm skinny fat myself, currently in 5th month of my cut. BF reduced from 24% to 20%. Squat 1.5 times my body-weight, DL 2x BW et,.Basically following 5*5 routine. Maintained decent strength on my lifts through the cut.

    Since stroutman81 suggests that until an individual reaches to about 15% BF he should not Bulk. My question is can I do short bulk cycles for about 2 weeks & then cut again for 2 weeks? Or should I continue to cut until I reach to about 15%? Would it hurt my fat loss progress if I follow short Cut/Bulk cycles?
    The reason I ask this is because I seem to have lost a little muscle in the process of cutting all this while!!

    Thanks
  • stroutman81
    stroutman81 Posts: 2,474 Member
    Would you hurt your fat loss? No... you'd merely extend the length of time it takes to lose the total amount of fat you lose... that's all.

    Now the question is are 2-week blocks of bulking substantial enough to add any real muscle? I'd argue you'd likely be doing more wheel spinning than anything else.

    What makes you think you lost some muscle?

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