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Muscle requires a lot of energy to maintain, so when your calories drop your body starts shedding it to be more efficient so long as you are also inactive. If
by billmalarky 11y ago
Muscle requires a lot of energy to maintain, so when your calories drop your body starts shedding it to be more efficient so long as you are also inactive.
If you stay active you will lose strength on a calorie deficit but you will not lose muscle mass. That's why you can do a cut, and your lifts will go down but you still look great at the lower body fat. The muscle mass is still there.
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- ChemicalWarfare 10y agoTrained individual on a reasonable diet, taking an intelligent approach to cutting will lose 'some' strength and 'some' muscle when cutting body fat, yes. Someone who is out of shape might actually be able to gain both muscle and strength while losing weight when starting out as long as they are lifting in addition to cleaning up their diet/reducing calories. The less fit they are the better the gains, which I guess is borderline captn obvious territory :)
- billmalarky 10y agoI wouldn't say it's captain obvious territory. I don't think most people realize how fast muscle development drops off after a year of serious training.
- driverdan 10y ago> If you stay active you will lose strength on a calorie deficit but you will not lose muscle mass. That's not true. If you're on a calorie deficit you will lose muscle mass. You'll lose less if you exercise.