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!
In: Biology
Its simple.
You can and do build muscle in a deficit. The problem is you also tend to lose muscle in a deficit. The rate of tissue loss in a cut often is going to counteract or at least cut into any muscle fiber turn over and growth. The best most people who are not new to training can hope for are marginal gains to complete muscle retention during a cut.
New to training bodies are so shocked by the work load, they can get around this.
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