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Muscle gaining misconceptions

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  • stephmph16
    stephmph16 Posts: 114 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    stephmph16 wrote: »
    Thank you for your insight!

    I'm a newbie to lifting, and I'm currently losing weight and seeing new muscle (or maybe not new muscle, but muscle that was hiding under fat?)

    I have about 15 lbs I'd like to lose, but I really like lifting and want to get more muscular. So should I plan to continue my calorie deficit until I lose the 15 lbs, then build mass/muscle once I get to my goal fat/weight loss?
    Go about losing your 15lbs and reassess when you get there. You may like what you see or you may not. Then at that point you can make a new plan of action.

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    Thanks Niner!
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    alfonsinarosinsky wrote: »
    Thank you so much AslSmile. I totally (finally) understand. Makes lots of sense.

    plus, don't be discouraged. you can gain a fair bit of strength without needing to grow more physical muscle bulk to do it. it's all worthwhile.

    don't quote me since i'm just a random passer-by, but i figure 'recomp' makes more sense when you're down to an amount of excess fat that can realistically be 'replaced' by muscle [you don't literally replace fat with muscle, but i'm talking about a shift in body composition]. it would be pretty hard for anyone to grow 50 pounds of muscle in any realistic time-frame, so probably not something you need to add to your projects just yet.

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