Build muscle and lose fat at the same time?

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    You really can't lose weight and gain weight at the same time. First work on reducing your body fat %, then start building muscle through strength training!

    Actually you can, in a three month period, I gained 12 pounds of muscle but had a net weight loss of 12 pounds. That means I lost 25 pounds of fat/water while gaining muscle. My doctors office uses a body composition analyzer. I crossfit 2-3x per week, take 5 hours of high level dance classes and I am in the Colorguard for a DCA open class drum corps with 12-18 hours of rehearsal per weekend.

    What? One of these things?;

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    Yeah they're far from accurate.

    I could get a better body fat percentage reading with a knife... some how.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit
    At this pace you'd gain over 50 pounds of muscle in a year. This is awesome. For a 42 YO male this is really good news.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit
    At this pace you'd gain over 50 pounds of muscle in a year. This is awesome. For a 42 YO male this is really good news.

    And at a deficit! Think how much a surplus would yield. Hello Olympia.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
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    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit
    At this pace you'd gain over 50 pounds of muscle in a year. This is awesome. For a 42 YO male this is really good news.

    And at a deficit! Think how much a surplus would yield. Hello Olympia.

    Exactly. I'll use a scale for trends but creating muscle at 4 pounds a clip is. . . .just. . . . .epic.
  • arb037
    arb037 Posts: 203 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.

    Mmmk 4 lb's
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

    Maybe he was blood doping?

    Put 4lb's of blood into his body amirite?

    rite guys??

    rite?

  • Marcus_2015
    Marcus_2015 Posts: 119 Member
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    More bro science that it can't be done. It is correct that if you are a body builder and putting on muscle mass that you will also put on some fat.

    But if you are "getting in shape", muscle gain and fat loss is absolutely a normal occurrence.

    At some point you won't be able to build mass at a calorie deficit but that takes a while.

    R


  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    Rhyalus wrote: »
    More bro science that it can't be done. It is correct that if you are a body builder and putting on muscle mass that you will also put on some fat.

    But if you are "getting in shape", muscle gain and fat loss is absolutely a normal occurrence.

    At some point you won't be able to build mass at a calorie deficit but that takes a while.

    R


    @Rhyalus - so how much mass are we talking?
  • Marcus_2015
    Marcus_2015 Posts: 119 Member
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    I don't have a scientific answer - but from personal experience it is true... recomp is pretty easy in people who are not in shape.

    Again, at some point it is not possible to gain one without the other, and I pray I get to that point one day. :-)

    Recently I lost a lot of fat and gained muscle - unfortunately I never did a body fat % test first, so I can't give #s.

    R

  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    Rhyalus wrote: »
    I don't have a scientific answer - but from personal experience it is true... recomp is pretty easy in people who are not in shape.

    Again, at some point it is not possible to gain one without the other, and I pray I get to that point one day. :-)

    Recently I lost a lot of fat and gained muscle - unfortunately I never did a body fat % test first, so I can't give #s.

    R

    I don't think anyone will argue that at the beginning of exercise there is some muscle added while fat loss occurred but it is not a huge amount.
    What most people think is muscle building is actually fat loss which exposed unlying muscle, giving a more muscular look.
  • FitnessDebunked_com
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    You really can't lose weight and gain weight at the same time. First work on reducing your body fat %, then start building muscle through strength training!

    I can't agree more. :)
  • arb037
    arb037 Posts: 203 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

    Maybe he was blood doping?

    Put 4lb's of blood into his body amirite?

    rite guys??

    rite?
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

    Maybe he was blood doping?

    Put 4lb's of blood into his body amirite?

    rite guys??

    rite?

    Nutritional periodization, cyclical dieting. It is "possible", which was the question. Is it likely the average joe will replicate "my" results? No, everyone is DIFFERENT, genetics, diet composition.

    Care to post any scientific studies stating its not possible?
    You cant
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    I gather you can add muscle in a deficit IF that deficit is less than 500 calories.

    https://www.t-nation.com/training/5-dumbest-muscle-myths

    (#5)
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

    Maybe he was blood doping?

    Put 4lb's of blood into his body amirite?

    rite guys??

    rite?
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

    Maybe he was blood doping?

    Put 4lb's of blood into his body amirite?

    rite guys??

    rite?

    Nutritional periodization, cyclical dieting. It is "possible", which was the question. Is it likely the average joe will replicate "my" results? No, everyone is DIFFERENT, genetics, diet composition.

    Care to post any scientific studies stating its not possible?
    You cant

    And I can't find any evidence on the world being run by lizard people either... weird.
  • arb037
    arb037 Posts: 203 Member
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    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

    Maybe he was blood doping?

    Put 4lb's of blood into his body amirite?

    rite guys??

    rite?
    arb037 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    you gained 4.2lb of muscle in 1 month, or just between your bod pod analysis dates?
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    Wait, isn't that an overall gain? What makes you think you were in a deficit?
    arb037 wrote: »
    I managed to gain 1.5 kg of muscle in 2 weeks while losing 3 kg if fat - it is possible to do both

    Agreed. I just did my monthly bod pod.
    Lost 2.8 lbs fat but gained 4.2 lbs LBM
    It can be done in a deficit

    LBM isn't just muscle.

    Yes the results were for a 1 month period and it was an overall gain in weight.
    LBM is everything NOT bodyfat, and thats what I said the increase was LBM.
    The OP's question was, is it possible and yes it is.
    What "makes me think" I am eating at a deficit? Really. Stick to topic.
    How do you reconcile an overall gain in weight with eating in a deficit?

    Maybe he was blood doping?

    Put 4lb's of blood into his body amirite?

    rite guys??

    rite?

    Nutritional periodization, cyclical dieting. It is "possible", which was the question. Is it likely the average joe will replicate "my" results? No, everyone is DIFFERENT, genetics, diet composition.

    Care to post any scientific studies stating its not possible?
    You cant

    And I can't find any evidence on the world being run by lizard people either... weird.

    Thought so.
    A simple google search will give you countless websites itemizing the criteria that losing fat and gaining muscle or LBM can happen.
    If you wish to speculate about my results we can continue this convo elsewhere.
  • sscarmack
    sscarmack Posts: 210 Member
    edited September 2015
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    Interesting thread haha