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Originally Posted by LancelotsLover
Slightly confused about the conflicting information about whether it's possible to lose fat while gaining muscle. People on here say it's one or the other, but many books, trainers, people etc., including NROLFW talk about body recomposition, meaning replacing fat with muscle. Lou does, when he talks early in the book about his hypothetical woman lifter who gains 9 pounds of muscle while losing the same weight of fat,making her smaller at the same weight. So how is it not possible to do both at the same time?? |
I know from my own experience that its possible. But, I think it happens predominantly in one of two situations; the untrained, or by accident. I've definitely put on muscle while losing fat. But, I've probably lost 30lbs. of fat and put on 2lbs of muscle. Because fat loss was my goal. If muscle gain was my goal I might have put on 5 pounds of muscle and lost 5 pounds of fat....or even gained 5 pounds of fat. But, I bet if I tried to do both I'd have lost 3 pounds of fat and gained a half a pound of muscle in the same time.
It clearly happens. The body is constantly breaking down and repairing muscle. So, in every case you're constantly gaining and losing LBM. But, I think you still need to focus on one goal at a time.
I've always thought that you could just eat at maintenance and work really hard and you would do both. Perhaps that is true. But, how long would it take? I don't know.