Gaining muscle while losing fat happens all the time. Granted, it is easier if you are carrying an excess of body fat.
Those extras? Magic potions and supplements…Quit wasting your money. Donate it to a church or a homeless shelter.
Maybe by going on a deficit, you are forcing your body to burn the fat to build muscle. Fat is essentially saved as “back up energy” for when times get tough. You are making the times tough, yet still forcing your body to lift heavy weights. So, it may be using your reserves as fuel to build muscle. Just a theory, but the body is an incredible thing, and will adapt to almost anything you do to it.
How are your energy levels? Do you feel run down when you wake up in the morning or do you perk up?
If I were you, I’d keep doing what your doing until you start to see adverse effects or you reach your desired leanness. I do think that eating less than 2,000 calories will catch up to you and may begin to have detrimental effects on training. That may not be for another month, or it may not be for another 3. Who knows.
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
I see what your getting at, but ive been working out for 10 years or so, so these aren’t newb
gains as some would say. I past that point a long time ago. [/quote]
Many, many people have spun their wheels for 10 years or so. And some even longer than that.
Not saying that you have, just that there’s little correlation between years spent working out and exhausting newb gains.
Good for you man.
Another guess however is that the increases may be down to improved intensity, originating in your use of the ECA stack. It is very powerful, that’s why it’s so popular. When I diet, I nbotice a sort of ‘Hulk’ thing around workouts when I use ECA. Take care to taper use when coming off, lest you feel shitty and gains go south too.
But I agree with everyone else, If you eat adequate protein (for me, the magic number is above 250g) then gains will come.
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
I see what your getting at, but ive been working out for 10 years or so, so these aren’t newb
gains as some would say. I past that point a long time ago. [/quote]
Many, many people have spun their wheels for 10 years or so. And some even longer than that.
Not saying that you have, just that there’s little correlation between years spent working out and exhausting newb gains.
[/quote]
Exactly. One of my biggest failures.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
I see what your getting at, but ive been working out for 10 years or so, so these aren’t newb
gains as some would say. I past that point a long time ago. [/quote]
Many, many people have spun their wheels for 10 years or so. And some even longer than that.
Not saying that you have, just that there’s little correlation between years spent working out and exhausting newb gains.
[/quote]
Exactly. One of my biggest failures. [/quote]
I did spin m wheels for several years actually, the last 3 or so years have been a lot more productive thanks to this site.
Before that i was training on and off for around 6 years or so with breaks of up to 6 months and honorific nutrition to boot.
I think i am gaining, ive been dieting for over a month now and my arms are the biggest they have ever been, 1/4 under 19’'.
im actually excited to lose most of body fat so i can finally see what these 1000’s of hours of spent in the gym actually did.
[quote]jp_dubya wrote:
Gaining muscle while losing fat happens all the time. Granted, it is easier if you are carrying an excess of body fat.
Those extras? Magic potions and supplements…Quit wasting your money. Donate it to a church or a homeless shelter.[/quote]
I disagree your comments on extras.
Ive been using BCAA’s since january and i’ve seen the greatest gains/retention in strength and muscle than i have ever before. I attribute this to the ‘Magic potions’
When I am low-carb lean it is nothing unusual for me to fluctuate 8-12 lbs depending on my cheats. The rise and fall from ‘flat to full’ always appears more dramatic as well.