This is a dumb question. It depends on how fat you are, what your goals are, and how fast you cut. I recommend 1lb/week until you hit your goal. You'll keep most of your muscle and shouldn't feel like you're starving yourself.
Unironically listen to Greg Doucette on this. It's not that he's all-knowing but he's one of few, if not the only, actual bodybuilder talking about this on YouTube.
You will only lose muscle if you stop using them or if you are starving so much its the last thing your body have to use to get fuel before eating your organs
Eat your bodyweight in pounds in grams of protien to help stop muscle loss and then fill out the rest with low carb veggies like lettuce spinach broccoli and keep going hard in the gym you'll burn out in 3 to 6 weeks but you'll have lost a bunch of weigh and either be ripped or shredded
I am gonna just tell You what I do - cottage cheese (really filling, high in protein, low kcal density), chicken breasts, potatoes (chop them to quaters and bake them - tastes like fries but doesn't make You a fatso - also check out how they act when You let them cool off before eating, it's pretty interesting especially for people on brink of beetus), apples/bananas, milk 0,5% (with low fat cacao and honey for a tasty beverage), don't drink soda/energy drinks (or do so really sparingly if You must), don't fry anything or do so very rarely, cut mostly carbs (I quit bread, pasta, mostly flour based things are off-the list since they are quite kcal dense, sometimes I do tortillas with chicken, salad, and garlic sauce made with yoghurt instead of mayo), veggies are also great (broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber etc.), keep Your calories in check. Eat a lot of protein, read about optimal amount for You online.
I do floor presses and each time it gets easier, or I add weight (and my chest looks better so I am clearly making gains in terms of muscle), also around 2h walking per day, although if You don't have time maybe less - I listen to podcasts while doing so, the time flies quicker and You don't get bored (check out how much kcal gets burned by walking it's insane). I also recently added swimming, and it too seems great - only once a week since it isn't free like walking, and is pretty boring without waterproof mp3 player :/
I think the consensus is that if You get the protein and use muscles Your body isn't gonna use them for kcal before fat, it also makes sense from evolution point of view - people had to go and find food when they were starving so body that handicaps itself by reducing physical potential would fail (although You can make the case that reducing muscle mass would reduce kcal usage and make You go on for longer - so I don't fricking know)
-20% tdee for 6-8 weeks/ same but it's per week with 5 days -35% and two at maintenance for refeeds.
protein-sparing modified fasts they work well but only for short term cuts (less than 3 weeks)
these are probably your best muscle sparing fat loss strategies if you at least do some cardio. If you don't lift or do any cardio none of these are going to work well you and doing some thing that zig-zags calorie totals to keep your metabolism up is probably better.
High protein and try not to lower the weight as much as possible, try lowering sets and reps, try caffeine and creatine and giving up accessories before you need to lower the weight
low carb, high protein
overweight keto-diet-failing monoloids will reply to this though
>"k-k-keto lard!" - monoloid
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Just don't cut too fast and you'll be fine.
say that i bulked for 3 months, how long should my cut be?
This is a dumb question. It depends on how fat you are, what your goals are, and how fast you cut. I recommend 1lb/week until you hit your goal. You'll keep most of your muscle and shouldn't feel like you're starving yourself.
You're moronic
Cut until you're satisfied with the result
Why shouldn't you just fast to cut?
No protein = mtor doesnt get triggered = you will lose muscle quickly.
Okay but wouldn't alternate fasting work (eg. 1 day fast-1 day of eating normally)? Especially if you lift during fasted days, albeit less intensely?
Nobody really does that who looks somewhat buff.
What all the big guys do is low carb and carb cycling to cut.
Carb Cycling is a big one.
If you wanna go harsh without losing too much muscle, try PSMF.
autophagy
think of your big muscles as your new pets they must feed to live
Unironically listen to Greg Doucette on this. It's not that he's all-knowing but he's one of few, if not the only, actual bodybuilder talking about this on YouTube.
You will only lose muscle if you stop using them or if you are starving so much its the last thing your body have to use to get fuel before eating your organs
Eat your bodyweight in pounds in grams of protien to help stop muscle loss and then fill out the rest with low carb veggies like lettuce spinach broccoli and keep going hard in the gym you'll burn out in 3 to 6 weeks but you'll have lost a bunch of weigh and either be ripped or shredded
Read the sticky, moron.
yeah OP, if you saw the 404 error page youd already know.
I am gonna just tell You what I do - cottage cheese (really filling, high in protein, low kcal density), chicken breasts, potatoes (chop them to quaters and bake them - tastes like fries but doesn't make You a fatso - also check out how they act when You let them cool off before eating, it's pretty interesting especially for people on brink of beetus), apples/bananas, milk 0,5% (with low fat cacao and honey for a tasty beverage), don't drink soda/energy drinks (or do so really sparingly if You must), don't fry anything or do so very rarely, cut mostly carbs (I quit bread, pasta, mostly flour based things are off-the list since they are quite kcal dense, sometimes I do tortillas with chicken, salad, and garlic sauce made with yoghurt instead of mayo), veggies are also great (broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber etc.), keep Your calories in check. Eat a lot of protein, read about optimal amount for You online.
I do floor presses and each time it gets easier, or I add weight (and my chest looks better so I am clearly making gains in terms of muscle), also around 2h walking per day, although if You don't have time maybe less - I listen to podcasts while doing so, the time flies quicker and You don't get bored (check out how much kcal gets burned by walking it's insane). I also recently added swimming, and it too seems great - only once a week since it isn't free like walking, and is pretty boring without waterproof mp3 player :/
I think the consensus is that if You get the protein and use muscles Your body isn't gonna use them for kcal before fat, it also makes sense from evolution point of view - people had to go and find food when they were starving so body that handicaps itself by reducing physical potential would fail (although You can make the case that reducing muscle mass would reduce kcal usage and make You go on for longer - so I don't fricking know)
>how to cut without losing muscle? please tell me
If you're a "trans"gender you literally can't because of all the fricked up meds you guys are on.
why do you think i’m trans
there's 3 main methods for weightlifters
DNP or ECA stack for dirty and fast cuts
-20% tdee for 6-8 weeks/ same but it's per week with 5 days -35% and two at maintenance for refeeds.
protein-sparing modified fasts they work well but only for short term cuts (less than 3 weeks)
these are probably your best muscle sparing fat loss strategies if you at least do some cardio. If you don't lift or do any cardio none of these are going to work well you and doing some thing that zig-zags calorie totals to keep your metabolism up is probably better.
aren't going to work well*
steroids
the secret is to start as a fat blob op, I'm losing 3 pounds a week while making noob lifting gains
feels good
High protein and try not to lower the weight as much as possible, try lowering sets and reps, try caffeine and creatine and giving up accessories before you need to lower the weight