I have a theory-regarding body re-comp-is it true or false though?

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viren19890
viren19890 Posts: 778 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So since we eat to replenish and exercise to burn

What if we worked out like a lot in a day and then eat back and then workout and then burn but instead of 5 days a week once a day instead do it like 2-3 times a day.

Let's say we do it light weight so we aren't that tired to not being able to continue. Would that transform the body quicker? cause we are getting rid and then building better?

It's the same process with losing weight and preserving muscle but we are trying to do it at a higher frequency.

If we are properly fed-we shouldn't be tired right?

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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,321 Member
    No, I don't think it would transform your body quicker.

    I'm having a hard time making complete sense of the questions though.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    I don't think I understand what you're saying.

    Recomping is about building muscle and burning fat, which means that you eat right around maintenance. You need to lift heavy enough to give your body a reason to build muscle. I don't think that training light 2-3 times a day will do that.
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    I don't have a scientific answer for you but I find it hard to believe our bodies could be rushed through shift style work on demand like that. You're forgetting the reorganizing role sleep plays, and the fact that we are diurnal creatures who respond to changing light.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    Muscle building occurs during recovery, not during the workout. And light weights/high reps ("not tiring" work, in your words, OP) does not build muscle. So, no, this plan would not be better than, say, an established program of progressive overload and scheduled rest days.
  • jacklifts
    jacklifts Posts: 396 Member
    do you have time to work out 2-3x a day?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    No, you're skipping the fact that growth happens during rest and not in the gym. The gym is the stimulus to initiate the change, but the changes happen when you are resting. You also have to have progressive overload instead of light weights to make the changes happen.

    Lifting also produces cortisol, which hampers fat loss or lean mass gains. Our body will recover from the increased cortisol if we get adequate rest. If you're lifting multiple times per day you're increasing cortisol without allowing time for it to lower.
  • viren19890
    viren19890 Posts: 778 Member
    Now it makes sense of why pro bodybuilders take steroids. It's basically a "need" not a "want"

    They work out 2 times a day and all workout is in 8-12 range. They get the pump which they are able to sustain and then 6 days a week. All makes sense.

    For us muggles eat, lift and rest. The most important is patience.
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