I highly doubt you are losing muscle in your cut unless you are under 10%BF. I also think a bit of a semantics question would be “If you were losing muscle in your cut, would you end your cut - or keep dieting?”
To give you some of @Christian_Thibaudeau ’s own words:
Ok let’s examine the losing muscle part. Unless you are already at under 10% body fat, it is very much unlikely that you are losing muscle if you are still training and eating sufficient protein (1 - 1.25g per pound). Even in a caloric deficit.
You might FEEL like you are losing muscle. You might look smaller, deflated. But that comes from storing less glycogen and water inside your muscles. Glycogen is how your body stores carbs inside the muscles It is a combination of glucose (broken down ca…
If you’re extremely concerned about the muscle loss - make sure you’re training heavy, and getting your protein in at a rate at least 2.2g/kg BW.
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