Title says it all, i want to lose weight and also build some muscle, ive have been hitting the gym and cutting my calories by 500-900cal for the past two months, while i am seeing some muscle growth, its not very substantial or something people around me will notice, ive also lost about 2kgs which is not much so i am thinking of doing a 200cal surplus for a month to see how it goes I wanted to get some advice as well as read other people’s experiences
Yeah it will. Building muscle and losing fat can happen simultaneously and building muscle can help lose fat, but you need a surplus to maximize muscle gain and you need a deficit to maximize fat loss.
If you want to prioritize muscle building you can do bulk and cut cycles with extended cuts to keep losing fat, but you will probably gain fat during bulking.
the surplus can come from existing fat stores, if you work it right. a nutrition intake calorie deficit does not always mean a muscle building calorie deficit.
bulk and cut is pretty traditional, but not for everyone - it absolutely was not (and still is not) for me.
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