After getting into weight training, something is confusing me. They say that you cannot gain muscles by weight training if you are in a caloric deficit. But if someone is actively working on their muscles through weight training, why is this?
Would this rule carry over to someone who had a high % of body fat or does this only apply to people with low body fat %? If someone had a high body fat %, will they still not gain any muscles if they are weight training but in a calorie deficit?
I genuinely don’t understand! TIA!
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Your diet decides whether you build muscle or not. You can lift and eat at a deficit all you want, if you dont enough protien you will just lose muscle and fat weight. You are not properly doing the deficit correctly or you are not training hard enough.
I am eating at a 100-200 calorie deficit while maintaining a high protein intake at around 120-150g/day. I am slowly getting leaner and slowly putting on muscle. Either you are doing it wrong or you have a health issue that is preventing this. Also this will be very hard to maintain for people with eating disorders, If that is your problem then attend to that problem first.
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