Thread: Recomposition

Hi,
Currently weighing 70kgs.
Can you weigh the same if you eat on a calorie deficit, while gaining muscle mass?

Originally Posted by kAddict

Hi,
Currently weighing 70kgs.
Can you weigh the same if you eat on a calorie deficit, while gaining muscle mass?

It depends if you consider "maintenance" to be keeping your weight the same or keeping your bodyfat the same.

But yes, you partially draw on fat reserves to fund the muscle gain process as long as your deficit is not too high.

My goal is to get 6-8% body fat. Currently weighing 70kgs, 175cm. Can you weigh the same if you eat on a calorie deficit, while gaining muscle mass?

Or would you keep dropping your weight as I feel lighter if I do...

Originally Posted by SuffolkPunch

It depends if you consider "maintenance" to be keeping your weight the same or keeping your bodyfat the same.

But yes, you partially draw on fat reserves to fund the muscle gain process as long as your deficit is not too high.

Yes!

But I doubt you'd recomp down to those BF% levels. It works better for overweight novices. Below about 12%, at least anecdotally it seems that people need dedicated mass gain and fat loss phases.

Cool, but would it be better to cut slowly to gain muscle too? As I feel that if I drop down from 70kg to 65kg...
Would look too skinny??

Originally Posted by TolerantLactose

If you're eating at a deficit, you'll lose weight.

Originally Posted by kAddict

Cool, but would it be better to cut slowly to gain muscle too? As I feel that if I drop down from 70kg to 65kg...
Would look too skinny??

It probably would in the short term - but that's what we face... until we've finished both gaining muscle and losing fat we're either going to be skinnier or fluffier than we want.