Can You Lose Fat At Maintenance? | Ep 742

About this episode

The episode discusses a new study on body recomposition, maintenance calories, and the nuances of fat loss and muscle gain.

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! A new study on body recomposition sparked a big conversation around maintenance calories, fat loss, and muscle gain. So in today’s episode, I break down what the study actually showed, where the conclusions may be getting overhyped, and why context matters when talking about body recomp. I also explain why estimated maintenance calories are rarely exact, how body recomp actually works in the real world, why training intensity matters so much, a...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Hoehn

Topics covered

• body recomposition
• maintenance calories
• fat loss
• muscle gain
• training intensity

Keywords

• body recomposition
• maintenance calories
• fat loss
• muscle gain
• training intensity

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