Cut for summer while gaining muscle
Yes, it's possible!
Forget the "all my food for the day" videos which are not helpful at all, I will show you exactly what you need to do to cut for summer while still gaining muscle. Im 65 and if I can do this, you can too!
The reason people get the mistaken notion that cutting burns off muscle is because the the roid-bros. They bulk while on a cycle and get huge and fat then they cut their calories drastically to get ripped. When they go off their steroid cycle they lose muscle. Then they do an idiotic starvation diet to lose all the fatand that burns off even more muscle. It’t not cutting that causes you to lose muscle, its ridiculous fast diets.
What about wegovy and ozempic?
For natural lifters who are beginners or intermediates, its relatively easy to gain muscle while you cut for summer - just four things you need to do:
Good nutrition with 1g progein per pound of bodyweight.
Sleep 7-8 hours a night, regardless of how little sleep you think you need.
Choose a good workout plan and workout really hard.
Lose the weight slowly!
As mentioned earlier, the main reason that people lose muscle while cutting is that they cut their calories too drastically. What is "losing the weight gradually"?
Gradual weight loss for the specified bodyweight:
260lbs 5.5lbs/mo
240lbs 5.2lbs/mo
200lbs 4.6lbs/mo
180lbs 4.3lbs/mo
160lbs 4.0lbs/mo
If you want to lose weight sooner than that you have two options, start your cut earlier or lose muscle.
So by this point, 75% of people have stopped reading because they just want to use Ozempic or do some idiotic fad diet. For the few of you left reading, let me show you how to come up with the perfect meal plan to help you cut while gaining muscle. Its easy, go to custommealplanner.com and set the caloric reduction to 20%! It’s that simple. Two big warnings:
No cheat days. A single cheat meal can be devastating to your weight loss program and a cheat day can undo a month of progress. If you want a successful cut with the monthly fat loss indicated then NO CHEAT MEALS.
When you select your activity level, do not include walking - I assume you walk a lot. Do not include weightlifting time, I assume you lift weights. Only include cardio time when you are huffing and puffing so heavily you cannot talk. If you do no cardio of this intensity then say “sedentary”. The main cause of people not being able to lose weight is that they over-credit their exercise and undercount their calories.
If you want to take your shirt off with confidence at those July 4th BBQs this summer, NOW is the time to start your cut. Today. The more time you have for your cut, the easier it is. Please, eat real food like custommealplanner suggests! Remember that weight loss products are expensive and ineffective - if they worked we would not have an obesity epidemic.
Thanks for the advice!