What is body recomp?

soccerkon26
soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
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Some people suggested I do body recomp. What does that mean?

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  • sgthaggard
    sgthaggard Posts: 581 Member
    Slowly building muscle and losing fat while eating at or around maintenance.
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Body composition is the amount of fat you have relative to the lean body mass (muscle, bone and water). When someone isn’t overweight, but doesn’t have much muscle mass, they are called skinny fat. This happens a lot when people strive to lose weight, but never incorporate a weight lifting program to build muscle.

    What are your fitness goals? Do you want to be stronger and look more athletic? Or do you want to train for something more sport specific?

  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,956 Member
    A usually long process of building more lean muscle and losing fat while eating at maintenance.
    I advise this when people hit their goal weight, but still aren't satisfied with their lean muscle mass and don't want to go through a bulk/cut cycle.

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  • soccerkon26
    soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
    AllanMisner wrote: »
    Body composition is the amount of fat you have relative to the lean body mass (muscle, bone and water). When someone isn’t overweight, but doesn’t have much muscle mass, they are called skinny fat. This happens a lot when people strive to lose weight, but never incorporate a weight lifting program to build muscle.

    What are your fitness goals? Do you want to be stronger and look more athletic? Or do you want to train for something more sport specific?

    I am almost at my goal weight but would like to lean out my stomach and gain a little more muscle in my arms and legs
  • soccerkon26
    soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    A usually long process of building more lean muscle and losing fat while eating at maintenance.
    I advise this when people hit their goal weight, but still aren't satisfied with their lean muscle mass and don't want to go through a bulk/cut cycle.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    Hmm that sounds like me!
  • maxit
    maxit Posts: 880 Member
    soccerkon26 wrote: »
    AllanMisner wrote: »
    Body composition is the amount of fat you have relative to the lean body mass (muscle, bone and water). When someone isn’t overweight, but doesn’t have much muscle mass, they are called skinny fat. This happens a lot when people strive to lose weight, but never incorporate a weight lifting program to build muscle.

    What are your fitness goals? Do you want to be stronger and look more athletic? Or do you want to train for something more sport specific?

    I am almost at my goal weight but would like to lean out my stomach and gain a little more muscle in my arms and legs

    My advice would be to slowly up your calories to maintenance and do a structured weight training program. I am following New Rule of Lifting For Women. At lot of folks like the Strong Lifts program.

  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    I’ll second the recommendations for NROLFW or Strong Lifts. These focus on compound movements, heavy with good form. You’ll build strength and put on a little mass (especially if you tweak your eating to allow for maximum benefit from the program you choose). Movements like squats, deadlifts and overhead presses (provided your standing), will do a lot to help strength your abs.

    But before you get into it, make sure you commit. So many people start a program and quit after a few weeks. Muscular strength and changes to body composition take patience and persistence. Enjoy!
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    soccerkon26 wrote: »
    AllanMisner wrote: »
    Body composition is the amount of fat you have relative to the lean body mass (muscle, bone and water). When someone isn’t overweight, but doesn’t have much muscle mass, they are called skinny fat. This happens a lot when people strive to lose weight, but never incorporate a weight lifting program to build muscle.

    What are your fitness goals? Do you want to be stronger and look more athletic? Or do you want to train for something more sport specific?

    I am almost at my goal weight but would like to lean out my stomach and gain a little more muscle in my arms and legs
    I'd definitely suggest recomp. While it can be slow, it's really not that bad and I feel allows you much more consistency in your overall fitness plan and especially with your eating.
  • clabq0914
    clabq0914 Posts: 16 Member
    IMO, body recomp is a strange term. I've heard it used for people eating under deficit and even slightly over, but usually the end goal is something drastic, like obese people losing lots of fat weight or skinny fat people gaining a good amount of lean weight. It's also more generally used for beginners, who tend to benefit from more immediate results, than say someone who is much more advanced along and needs to get ultra lean for competition-type composition.

    Regardless of the term or the reasons to do so, usually it's attained by some sound dieting and fitness principles without drastic cut cycles - eat healthy either at or slightly below deficit, incorporate resistance training, and enjoy the gains!

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