muscle mass vs strength

George1567

Every time I read discussion about losing weight that leads to.... "you need to drop fat and not muscle" I keep thinking about it but maybe just now started to really research the matter.

I have been lifting weights on a regular basis for the last 10 years. During that time my body weight has been anywhere from 220 to near 300 pounds. I have not done a single rep max lift of any kind since high school (20+ years ago). As an adult I have always used a set weight for a certain lift and gone by the number of reps to keep track of where I am, with the barbell flat bench being the main indicator. At my strongest I acheived 225 for 14 reps, but my body weight was 295ish and my calorie intake was around 4000.

So as a person drops body weight is it a valid indicator of where the weight is coming from (fat or muscle) or how well the process is going based off of strength checks? I am 60 pounds down from my 300 days and can still get 11 reps of 225.

shockedsoshocked

If you're doing resistance work you'll more than likely retain muscle mass. You can still lose muscle mass and get stronger if you do the correct things.