How To Lose Weight And Build Muscle At The Same Time

By Howe Russ


The majority of people have two goals in the gym. They'd like to learn how to build muscle while losing unwanted weight at the same time. However, there are a few reasons why the majority of people never make that goal a reality.

In today's article we will show you the main obstacle which prevents a lot of individuals from accomplishing their long-term goal.

If you are brand new to training you will notice that you are able to do both things at the same time. At least for a little while, then your body adapts to your new active lifestyle and suddenly your results begin to slow down. You reach a crossroads and you need to make a decision. You need a specific goal.

Despite all of the scientific advances we have made in sports, the basic rule of weight loss is to eat less than you used to. That's right, the first step really is that simple. Work out your existing daily calorie total on average and then try to eat slightly less.

Those who are looking to build an impressive muscular physique will need to work at a calorie surplus, meaning that they have to consume more calories per day than they currently do right now.

The two goals are complete opposites which can't really be put together in the same routine. It's impossible to eat less calories per day when you are eating more calories, right? For this reason, so many people train without any goal and therefore get no results.

The easiest way to build a more muscular body while dropping weight is to separate your goals and work on them individually. If you want to drop fat first and then focus on building, you should do that. If you want to build first then you should structure your diet and training with that in mind.

When you deem yourself to have reached your first goal you can focus on the second.

Sometimes the easiest way to achieve two different things is to focus on one thing at a time. This is particularly true when it comes to fitness.

If you make growth your primary target you will notice that the principles of hypertrophy remain largely the same as they were twenty years ago. Focus on improving your big, compound lifts while getting plenty of good rest and getting on top of your diet.

Figuring out how to lose weight or how to build muscle isn't rocket science. The fact is most people already know the basics, such as calorie deficits and surpluses, but they struggle to separate each goal and never truly get any further forward as a result.




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