While cutting, is maintaing strenght indicator of not burning muscle mass?

stickfiguresk · 2016-02-20T02:54:46+00:00

Everybody* can gain muscle/strength while on a caloric deficit when they're below beginner standards. Your bench press can go up from any physical activity, even riding a bike while below beginner standards. Some cutters can gain strength while in the novice bracket. You'll almost always hit a wall while cutting when you get to intermediate, but I've heard of people still making progress.

The way your body makes progress can be different every day. Anything less than 2 months of progress is a poor metric for measuring gains.

aguy01 · 2016-02-20T01:24:12+00:00

That's a hard ass cut for someone of your sIze. You shouldn't stay at that level of calories without cycling up to higher levels occasionally, or just up the intake

TurnDownForWhat · 2016-02-20T00:53:52+00:00

You can't cut and not lose lean muscle mass. You can mitigate it which is what you seem to be doing. Yes it's possible to gain strength on a cut. Don't over due the cut. Good luck

cazzah123 · 2016-02-20T10:47:33+00:00

A better measure ment is strength to weight ratio. So if you can maintan a 2x bodyweight squat, instead of maintain a 400lbs squat.

But if you aren't losing strength, you are doing it right. 3lbs a week is a lot though. I mean that equates to about 9000-10,000 calorie weekly deficit

motivatedcat · 2016-02-20T15:36:38+00:00

I just had this same problem. I dropped 4 pounds in one week, yet I am lifting more. I weight closer to 170ish and it was a bigger deal.

I talked a close friend who is a nutritionist and believes it was a combination of water weight and fat. Something similar happened to you probably. My weight shot back up after a couple of days again.

Title	While cutting, is maintaing strenght indicator of not burning muscle mass?
Author	tomQrsd
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Date	February 19, 2016 11:55 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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