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Strength gains doesn't equal muscle gain. How much you lift does not equal how much muscle you have either.

Strength gains doesn't equal muscle gain. How much you lift does not equal how much muscle you have either.

How??

Increases in muscle strength occur because of increased muscle fiber recruitment as well as more efficient firing patterns of individual muscle fibers. One can significantly increase one's muscle strength (amount of weight lifted) with only minimal increases in muscle fiber size. Over time, and with the appropriate diet and training volume, the actual cross-sectional area of the muscle increases in size (hypertrophy) and that can be associated with further increases in strength.

Amount of weight while losing weight, is that indicative of little muscle loss and that most to the lost weight was fat?

Not necessarily. It could also mean you weren't lifting enough in the first place.

There are multiple ways to measure bodyfat. If you find your current method isn't accurate try a different one.

I concur with the rest.

Strength gains doesn't equal muscle gain. How much you lift does not equal how much muscle you have either.

I agree with you but that's not the question, OP's question was if maintaining (or even gaining) strength while losing weight was a good indicator of low muscle loss v. fat loss, which it is. Muscle isn't going to get smaller if you aren't getting weaker (aka provide the same amount of workload and stimulus).

no it's not. anyone whos a beginner can easily get stronger while losing muscle mass simply from CNS adaptation alone.

if this was an advanced athlete with years of training you would be correct, but I doubt thats what the OP is.

Strength gains doesn't equal muscle gain. How much you lift does not equal how much muscle you have either.

I agree with you but that's not the question, OP's question was if maintaining (or even gaining) strength while losing weight was a good indicator of low muscle loss v. fat loss, which it is. Muscle isn't going to get smaller if you aren't getting weaker (aka provide the same amount of workload and stimulus).

no it's not. anyone whos a beginner can easily get stronger while losing muscle mass simply from CNS adaptation alone.

if this was an advanced athlete with years of training you would be correct, but I doubt thats what the OP is.

Not sure if I should take the time to seriously respond to this.

you can try, but not possible because you're wrong.

Strength gains doesn't equal muscle gain. How much you lift does not equal how much muscle you have either.

^^ this is true

i think people r 2 obsesses with bodyfat%. just look in the mirror or look at picures and the scale. everyone stores fat differently. some people look great at 11%. some people need to get down to 8%. all the tools that we use to measure bf% r not very accurate anyway.

the concern is usually more about catabolism rather than atrophy where "weight loss" is the goal.

if the OP wants to measure fat/muscle loss/gain accurately they should get a dexa scan.

the weight you can lift is not an accurate measure of muscle mass - things like better muscle recruitment, technique improvements, leverage changes and a host of other things can all easily affect the weight you can lift (for better or worse), even if your muscle mass stays exactly the same.

Going catabolic to the point where your muscles are being broken down for energy would be indicative of a terribly high caloric deficit, in which case you wouldn't be able to maintain your strength anyway (and yes... your muscles will also start atrophy at this point as stimulus can't be provided). Keep in mind that I'm not saying muscle mass/size = strength. I'm saying a good way to MAINTAIN muscle mass during a cut/weight loss period is to maintain your strength levels.

I'm not saying muscle mass/size = strength

im glad we all agree now.

increase in muscle mass/size doesnt mean an increase in strength??? u cannot have significant muscle hypertrophy without an increase in strength.

I'm not saying muscle mass/size = strength

im glad we all agree now.

increase in muscle mass/size doesnt mean an increase in strength??? u cannot have significant muscle hypertrophy without an increase in strength.

Reading too much into what I said. I mentioned that muscle mass =/= strength. That does NOT mean muscle size and strength have absolutely NO correlation (in fact, some of the best natural bodybuilders are also great powerlifters). You will get stronger doing hypertrophy work and you will get bigger doing strength training routines. The rate of which you get stronger/bigger will be reflected upon how you train (for hypertrophy or strength). This isn't even including genetics which play a huge role in muscle development.

I'm not saying muscle mass/size = strength

im glad we all agree now.

increase in muscle mass/size doesnt mean an increase in strength??? u cannot have significant muscle hypertrophy without an increase in strength.

Reading too much into what I said. I mentioned that muscle mass =/= strength. That does NOT mean muscle size and strength have absolutely NO correlation (in fact, some of the best natural bodybuilders are also great powerlifters). You will get stronger doing hypertrophy work and you will get bigger doing strength training routines. The rate of which you get stronger/bigger will be reflected upon how you train (for hypertrophy or strength). This isn't even including genetics which play a huge role in muscle development.

yes!