Have you started to wonder if your weight loss strategy is causing muscle loss too? Should you be wondering this if you haven’t already? After all, to be able to burn away unwanted fat, your primary strategy is to consume food in a way that leaves you in a calorie deficit (regardless of what technique you’re using to achieve that goal). On the other hand, when you’re training to build – or even preserve – lean muscles, you usually need to keep up your calories or even eat in a surplus. See the problem?
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