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Originally Posted by RedWifey
So, how do you create a program to build strength without making workouts that make you want to go to bed for two days afterward?
And isn't the whole premise of NROL4W that you have to eat to be able to do Alwyn's program? But what I hear (and have experienced) is if you're dieting (i.e. eat in a deficit and cut calories, which is what you have to do to lose fat, right?) then how in the world can a person eat enough, but not too much and still have strength to continue with the day's tasks?
It seems like there's a very thin line to walk.
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I was finding that actually the best way to do this (not with nr4w, just in general with intense workouts while trying to lose weight) is that if you can't spend all the rest of your time resting...
small deficit. Very small. The thing about alwyn's workouts here is that if you're what I'd think of as "normal" you're raising your metabolism to meat the increased caloric intake. Then, you can afford to dip back down a bit to be in a deficit, but still eating plenty to get you through your day and the workouts.
However, I've found it to be, at times, a terribly thin line for me. I did my best recomp at 200 calories below maintenance. And weight didn't change, but I was getting defined. It was that sweet spot of what at least seems like putting on muscle while losing fat... and maybe it was... or at least adding other lean mass like blood volume, muscle density... while slowly peeling off layers of fat.
I still required a refeed every couple weeks, because there would be days I just couldn't eat enough... but I was careful and had very clean refeeds of mainly protein or veggies that were filling but not caloricly dense.
But if I overall ate more or less things would change and I'd either lack energy or stop seeing progress. *sigh*