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Originally Posted by 3sweeties
I was reading through the fatloss routines in NROL and notice they are high rep. What I understand from reading is you want to use lower reps and heavier weights to maintain your lbm while dieting and that high reps while dieting can result in loss of lbm. Why then are all the fatloss routines high rep?
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I think the confusion is coming from people not making a distinction between the different types of fat loss programs people pick.
There's 2 types.
The first is the person who is out of shape, fat and probably hasn't trained before. Their primary goal is to lose the fat quickly with muscle loss really not even coming into the equation.
The second is someone going through a bulking and cutting phase. When they diet they need to maintain as much of the muscle they've added in their bulking phase.
The vast majority of regular people will be looking for goals that fit with the first type of fat loss diet. Confusion may arise from the recent events and discussion of FL1 vs Lyle's program as to which is best when in fact they are for different goals.
FL1 is for the first type of dieter who's main goal is to lose fat and isn't concerned about losing muscle. Coincidently though, as is mentioned in the book beginners who either have never trained before or who haven't trained in a while will put on muscle by doing almost any routine.
So for most people, and the type of person the book is aimed at FL1 will work well to build them some strength, some muscle, some cardiovascular conditioning and fat loss.
In fact nowhere in the book does it recommend the fat loss programs for experienced lifters aiming to cut up after a bulking phase. The entire argument in the nacho thread was really pointless. It was comparing apples to oranges.
It would be silly for a beginner to do low rep heavy weights to try to maintain muscle and lose fat at the same time. They haven't conditioned their muscles or tendons yet and they don't even know what kind of weights they should be lifting for 5RM.