Is a recomp actually possible? Seems completely fictional for anybody with even minimal muscle mass to pull it off
Is a recomp actually possible? Seems completely fictional for anybody with even minimal muscle mass to pull it off
Is a recomp actually possible? Seems completely fictional for anybody with even minimal muscle mass to pull it off
>Maingain
More like maingay, haha.
If you lift hard and keep the kcal at maintanence level, after a while you should lose some fat.
Human body isn't so simple like many local retards think.
You have to be very deliberate and specific in everything you do and meet certain conditions.
Well I generally lose 6-7 lbs of fat a month while gaining around 3/4 of a lb of muscle because I'm fat as fuck at around 290 6'1 currently.
I eat around 3200-3400 calories (300-325g protein) while following a heavy lifting routine + a shit of of low intensity sustained cardio.
Just gotta check all the boxes - correct nutrition, above adequate protein intake, eating close to maintenance, following a progressive overload lifting routine, getting enough sleep, and trying to only doing lower intensity cardio to prevent muscle breakdown.
fucking cut dude, you're disgustingly fat
I'd rather take it slow and end up athletic and cut over being skinnyfat. Worry about yourself and kys, homosexual.
>recomp
Recomp is just a fancy word for a cut. What is the difference between a cut and a “recomp”?
>eat at deficit
>eat lots of protein
Yep, sounds like a cut to me.
Cutting is "losing fat".
Recomp is distinguished from that because people believe they will "turn bodyfat into muscle".
Then if recomp is a real thing, what are the two different methods between cutting and recomp? Because as far as I can see they’re both the same thing. Deficit + high protein.
Recomp is maybe 50kcal deficit at most not 500kcal like you would if cutting.
Recomp really doesn't exist except under specific conditions like noobs.
>turn bodyfat into muscle
skip breakfast, lift, lipids enter bloodstream, eat protein, ????, profit
>eat at maintenance
>eat lots of protein
You're retarded, sorry.
Except for the very new or the very fat:
- "Recomp" / maintenance: you're eating within a few hundred of your TDEE every day, sometimes over sometimes under. You SLOOOOWLY (maybe a kilo a year) gain muscle and lose fat
- Cut: you're eating consistently in a deficit to your TDEE. You maintain muscle and lose fat
- Bulk: you're eating consistently in a surplus to your TDEE. You gain muscle and fat
Recomp/maingain is a meme because it's so fucking slow. Bulking and cutting work because they deliver a significant stimulus to the body (the absence or the surplus of energy) to drive an adaptation together with the resistance training you're doing
With no stimulus in terms of calories, the body won't change much. The processes that break down fat and build muscle still work but they work on absolutely snail's pace
If you are eating maintenance calories then you are doing just that - maintaining. if you want to get bigger or smaller, then eat accordingly
- Future Maintenance / Gigabrain Recomp : Eat the TDEE of your desired weight and bf%
Now what?
>slow cut
aka being an undisciplined mess like me
I know that feel bro
>eat with perfect discipline Monday - Thursday
>fuck it all up Friday - Sunday
a recomp could refer to a cut and bulk cycle so yeah it's a buzzword