How to Lose Stubborn Fat Without Losing Muscle
Learn how to lose stubborn fat without losing muscle.
Losing fat is not an easy task. It is not 100% accurate what your scale shows you on a daily basis. Some days you might lose more water, another day you might lose 5 pounds, but 2 pounds of that was muscle you lost.
So how do you lose stubborn fat without losing muscle? Ask the experts, in this case the fitness trainers and hosts of the Mind Pump Podcast, an online radio show that talks about all things fitness and is usually provocative. Its hosts are Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews and Doug Egge. They also have a YouTube channel with more than 240,000 subscribers.
Check out what they had to say about shedding stubborn body fat while retaining the muscle you took the time to build.
How to lose stubborn fat without losing muscle
“What you can make the most impact on is your diet,” says Di Stefano. According to him, it’s better to adjust your diet than try to burn more calories or add workouts to make up the difference.
“Adequate calorie restriction will do more to help you get lean than adding extra workouts.”
What is calorie deficit and how much is safe?
Adam Schäfer goes on to explain that although his diet is right because he changed jobs and now sits at home a lot, he doesn’t burn as many calories as he used to. So his advice is to try and get an hour out of it go for a walk every day to increase the amount of calories you burn.
Schafer chose this strategy rather than cutting calories to ensure he continued to take in the right amount of macros. For a man his size, he doesn’t want to be in a calorie deficit where he’s consuming less than 2000 calories. This could also be your problem.
How to calculate your macros and calories
In short, this is how to lose stubborn fat without losing muscle. Depending on your body composition and size, diet may be the best approach, but you may need to be more active so you don’t lose muscle and are more likely to lose fat.
If you want to hear more about what the Mind Pump Podcast hosts said, watch the video below.
VIDEO – How to lose stubborn fat without losing muscle
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