I needed that, thanks.

@@literathos3171 happy to help

After 1st steroid cycle in a caloric deficit

After becoming obese!

@@cliffonator1111 if you become obese in a bulk then you are either bulking too much, don't care about bodyfat because of performance or you're lifting like shit

Injectible BCAAs

Chicken, rice, and broccoli brah

Whiskey, gypsy tears and bear milk

Duck eggs and No Fap

Big bowl of Wheaties.

When you recomped did your weight stay the same? I'm lifting more weight for more reps over time but my weight is staying roughly the same. I'm thinking once I can't increase the weight + reps anymore then bump cals up a bit?

@@OneBritish13 it depends on your body composition at that time... Note you can't always progress in the gym... Sometimes you need to deload or maintain before pushing forward... ( Usually a 4 month mark )

Same here. Fuck, did it for too long (1 year hehe)

eh ive been kind of on a recomp for a year... though i do a lot of cardio and thus eat a lot i get 15k steps a day and burn 300-400 with running/cycling on top of weightlifting, at 188cm, 90kg, i eat 3400+ calories a day (i dont track that well) lifts have been going up consistently, but i think if i hadnt been doing these steps and cardio and had to maintain at like 2500 i wouldnt have made gains. i eat 4/5 meals a day, get 250g+ protein a day honestly i like this way of going about it, really high maintenance point seems to be better than a low maintenance point

@@fake-PSL jesus christ 4 months until a deload? wtf dude, hell no, 4-8 weeks is the reasonable answer

Dude, I just looked at your profile picture. If I looked like you do I wouldn't care either. You're killing it bro

@@diogobsoares dudes diced

Amen.

To be fair: that's a picture from 8 years ago and it was the leanest I've ever been, around 8% bodyfat. I'm usually around 12-15% bodyfat 😅

This

What I will say is the distinction is important; It should essentially just be a cut, you want to actually dieting down, and still get newbie gains, thats the newbie advantage. But dont sit around maintenance calories, even if recomping does work for you. You want to cut down asap. So you can start the cycle once your body is ready. As a newbie, cutting and starting a bulk after 3 months is better than recomping over the span of an entire year, even if the latter will still work pretty well. Atleast thats what I am getting from this.

This right here, I wish he would stress it more. I feel like 90% of people, even the ones watching this this can benefit from recomping. Most people even ones that frequent a gym, are not under 10% body fat or 18% for females like he mentioned and can definitely gain muscle while cutting fat by just working hard and watching what you eat. But I definitely see how if you are already that lean and have been goin hard at the gym for multiple years, you get diminishing returns.

@@williamvanderscheer4327would eating 15% below maintenance work for someone at 17% bodyfat?

@@ytdiury well I train 16 year and I see hardly any changes and when I see them they are mostly details (like hey I have some new visible musle on my back that's new 50g of muscle lol) So I am really thinking of starting recomp at like 15 percent bodyfat and stop neverending cycle of bulking and cutting lol But my next step is shorter bulking and cutting cycles because 7-8 month bulk cycles don't do me any good lol because I am kind of tired of process at this point. so 3-4 months bulk cycles would be good start I presume lol

@@ytdiury I am currently in recomp, 32y M, was 90kg, on-off training, recent year stable training, BUT NOT COUNTING CALORIES, which was my mistake. Now I am, thus I am having stable protein intake, in caloric deficit (not large) and I'm gaining strength slowly, lost 5kg in roughly 3 months (1,74cm tall). Already HAD a good muscle base (I got them by average training, and being fat, thus mainted most of it overall) Now I'm far far more consistent with GOOD training techniques, 4-6x/week, on a deficit and its 100% working. I went from PR deadlift 67kg(each side) to now 6 reps in these 3 months, simple bicep curling from 8-10kg to 3-4 sets with 12-15kg (depends on the rest of the week, life also exists, unfortunately). If you're a fat POS you can 100% gain muscle and lose fat, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE GOOD PROTEIN INTAKE.

Great progress brother keep it up

You were already carrying around the excess supply to make that muscle gain, that's why. The same happens to someone who is overweight and just starts working out for the first time. They already have the energy reserves so they can actually gain muscle and lose fat at the same time........until they hit the plateau where the reserves needed and the gains desired don't work out mathematically. You'll hit that same plateau eventually but until then...........enjoy. It feels great!

Im 35. Last 10 years I struggled with drugs and alcohol as well. Mainly alcohol and a terrible diet. I packed on weight and carried it for years. I hated how I felt and looked. Depression consumed me. Once I decided to get sober, I hit the gym with a vengeance. Over the course of a year or so, I lost about 50 pounds. I understand i was essentially bulking for a decade and unintentionally adding muscle, as well as fat, but body recomp is real. Im actually grateful for the discomfort I endured, it really puts things into perspective. I never thought id look the way i do now, I went from a B-cup to a 6-pack, lol. Just like living sober, health and fitness is a lifestyle. I wish everyone the best on their fitness journey. Thanks Tony for writing that, I needed it.

All 22 are greg Douchette accounts. He still hates Dr Mike 😅

@@tim..t175 why? How do you know?

@@brookegazy2096 lol!! The 22 dislikes was a joke . The hating Dr Mike , well Greg makes fun of his ideas when possible.

When you’re that guy who’s made technical gains in the last 2 years😔

Yes!!! They’re happy with their 1% more muscle mass💪🏾😝

My mind is blown. Lasagna is essentially a pasta cake. Good God, he's right.

epic comment

I was the 69th like........Nice

Hahaha

@@bonkersdonkers7381na man. Lasagna is just a hot multiple layer sandwich. Pasta is just a weird type of bread.

Shut up b1tch

Roids

lol yeah I noticed the same. Aged like shizz

He's also tan (and more lean it looks like?) which definitely plays a factor.

@@austinpatton3771 true he probably just got fat

Yep. If you're fat-- don't over eat, just clean up your diet and eat at maintenence calories, add alot of protein, lift weights. Lose fat, build muscle.

@@Pedaissanceyup. I don’t know why this lunkhead didn’t mention that. Only person to mention this is coach Greg.

@@hands-ongaming7180 i know this is an old comment but if you are living that life. 1. hope you are killin' it. 2. most of the information and advice dr. mike (and most guys and gals in this space of youtube) gives is targeted towards already fit or mildly unfit people trying to improve and bulk up. if you are (pulling a number from an educated guess) over 30% body fat I don't think a lot of the things he's said will apply. an example would be the video on how walking is not exercise, and for the majority of his targeted audience, he's right, but for somebody who is morbidly obese it absolutely is. @keeperofKale222 awesome friend, hope you've made and maintained yoru goals!

I'm not even fat and I have lost 8 kg in the last 5 months while getting significantly stronger in all my lifts (and growing my muscles). I'm in his category B (coming back to training after time off) and it's definitely the most rewarding time working out lol.

​@@albinjohnsson2511lost weight but gained muscle? Do you mean lost fat? Because gaining muscle would increase your weight

Just go easy on the Blake's and the Allsup's and you'll be fine.

Honestly i think 80 % of people watching are noobs like me and it works just fine to get in a better spot.

You're an idiot.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆😆I couldn't stop laughing 🤣🤣

"Should be easy to see with my 1% less bodyfat" made me hit like

at 6'4, 240lbs losing 2.4lbs of fat and gaining 2.4 lbs of muscle is to be proud of. thats a good chunk.

Lasagna?

instructions unclear, fucked a lasagna

😄😄😄

If you are relatively fit, a newbie in terms of weights and have patience and will power... recomp is VERY possible. But the gains are slow. I think fat loss (cut) is faster, but a straight muscle gain or lean bulk would be a bit slower if you're not already a decent lifter.

what about overweight

I agree. I was 260lbs at 181cm and 35% bf and I’m cutting hard to 187-190lbs. (1000cal/day deficit). I’m now at 220 and 26% bf. When I reach 190 I’ll bulk and properly gain muscle till I’m 200lbs probably. Also if you’re that heavy I think it’s healthier (also mentally) to just lose weight and not focus on muscle to much.

@@LowEnd824 Thanks for the tip. I've been thinking about that "tricking" the muscles, so I might give that a try.

Try it out but don't take the bulking phase too crazy. Eat good nutritious foods and you'll bulk. No McDonalds! 😅 I'm actually trying to bulk a little more and get ready for a massive cutting phase.

Im in a similar situation, hows it going

Went from 240lbs to 195lbs, tweaked my shoulder and rebounded to 210lbs while recovering. Now starting to work my way down again, focusing on reps instead of weight.

@@TK-en2hq that’s great!! Keep up the good work!!. I went from 255 to 190 doing keto. I put on about 7lbs now again, want to drop down to 180

@@Credi44 I do carnivore for my cuts just because I am a sugar addict. It makes the rebound a big more dramatic but I also lack a large intestine so I get pretty big bodyweight swings regardless. Glad to hear it's working for you.

@@TK-en2hq I’m going through the exact same thing, my 1 day refeed turns into one week and i diet for another week to undo the damage and the cycle repeats. I’ve been thinking about getting off keto cause ive been doing it for a long time now, any tips or anything to watch out for?

Bro can you tell me what you did for cardio

@@sarthakbhardwaj3333all you have to do is walk brother. Eat what you have been eating but add around 10,000 steps to your daily step count and you will lose weight (provided you are currently eating at or below your maintenance calories.) Use your phone to track it. It’s literally that easy.

@@sarthakbhardwaj3333 Not the original poster, but I've gone from 112kg (unknown bf%) to 95kg (27%) and then to 90kg (19%) in the last 4 years. 2 years were strict weight loss, 1 was light/moderate exercise and the last year has been a full on gym year with a recomp phase and 4-5 workouts every week. And the reason why I'm telling you this, is cause I mostly did it with barely any cardio. I've tried cardio for a total of maybe 4 months in that whole period, and it fucking sucked, mind you I only did cardio during the last year or so while I was recomping, but yea. I was training to failure pretty much every other workout, and topping it off with half an hour of running. My life was miserable in that period, and I was barely noticing any difference. Honestly, from my experience I think just walking a normal amount a day (around 10k steps/7.5km) is fine for cardio. If you got trouble with your appetite being bigger from losing weight a ton, then cardio can help a lot, but if you rely too much on cardio for appetite you will most likely just bounce back once you're comfortable. The point of losing weight is to stay at that weight, so you need to lose your old habits/appetites. I used to eat like half a kilo of cookies with milk each night while watching movies or youtube garbage, all throughout highschool and a little afterwards, but now thanks to my adjusted appetite, I would need to forcefeed myself to even eat half of it. So far I've only had to rely on walking a little bit. And I only walk more than the average after a cheat meal/day when I'm out drinking with my friends or something. Overall, if you're trying to lose weight while gaining muscles, from my experience I'd suggest mostly maintaining your daily calorie intake and training like crazy, cause your body most likely has more than enough fat to burn and convert into energy. As long as you consume enough protein, train and maintain calories, you will continue moving in the right direction. It's a tough process, losing weight and gaining muscles, because your gains aren't really as pronounced as most other lifters in the gym, and even if you lift more than someone, they still might look 10 times more impressive while you hate how your body looks, but I feel like it's worth it in the end if you got the patience to see it through. If you don't have the patience to recomp (which should be at least 6 months if not a year or multiple, at least according to some other youtubers I watched talk about it), then just strictly cut down, but beware that you're most likely just going to be skinny looking once you lose all those stores of fat, and idk about you, but to me it's better to be at least a little muscular or plump than straight up skinny.

@@sarthakbhardwaj3333rucking

There's a similarly short king at my gym and dude is RIPPED. I'm 4'10" so always appreciate seeing strong Hobbits.

Fude youre not a king at all. Dont call yourself thats sounds gay AF

Update?

Update!

OK so update is a little skewed, but I'm happy considering. So after I made this, I had 4 seriously bad colds/flus almost in a row (unusual for me to get ill at all, but I think because I got one I ended up getting them all due to the first weakening me, and the last destroyed me), 2 of which I was out for about 4 days and the last took me out for 2 weeks and made me lose 4 KG of body weight. Considering I lost that much body weight my muscle mass only went down 1.5 KGs and my body percentage of muscle went up as my body fat was the main thing that was lost. Since then I have basically had to slowly build back up, as it basically caused a mini reset, which really sucks but all I can do is keep going. Since end of February I have only put on 0.2 of muscle but I think it took a while for me to be to feel good again. I haven't been able to push as much as I have these last few weeks since before all the illness, so I am hoping next update will be more positive lol, but I'm feeling good finally and looking better because I basically was forced into a rapid cut, but now I am starting to push hard again.

Yea dude ngl I was convinced Id be able to do this and tried it out for a while and sure like I still made really slow gains but at the rate it was it just wasn't worth it and now am just gonna start messing around more with just fluctuating between a 300 calorie deficit and surplus and see how my body reacts, although ironically I am in a recomp phase rn do to a phat injury lol I'd imagine the only other scenario, other than the ones that were mentioned, where you could have truly good lean gain maintenance is if you have hyper elite genetics, buuuttt I think at that point you'd realize how good your genetics are and prob be hopping on some *cough* special sports supplements *cough*

@@smeedal3343 the thing is Greg don't tell people to be in constant calorie deficit, more so to stay at around comfortable weight and start from there, if u are 15-20% bf u don't need bulk because when u eventually cut u will probably lose that difference between main-gaining and bulking, but u had to force feed yourself, and u had to suffer cutting, that is why main-gaining is arguably the best.

I'm pretty sure he's saying to recomp until you reach a reasonable amount of body fat, then "maingain" at maintenance level or the tiniest caloric surplus. In contrast to bulking until you reach well beyond 20% body fat, then dieting down back to 10, then bulking again etc.

@@vladomiljkovic8099 yea that makes sense I definitely know now that ultimately, if you can so help it, taking a slower approach to all things dieting so you either dont lose weight too quickly or gain weight too quickly as it will probably be a good amount of muscle loss or a high amount of fat gain. I still do think greg, in select videos, whether he really means to or not, paints a picture of this magical scenario that you can be super lean and still actively gain muscle and strength forever while maintaining the same body fat %, which sure some people can do with the right circumstances and luck, but I dont necessarily think it's that simple for most people even with all the discipline and willpower in the world. But I've watched a ton of his videos and I know overall he preaches to just get to a comfortable body fat % and stay there.

@@BaldyMacbeard Thing is, the evidence-based community hasn’t supported those 20%-plus megabulks for a long time. It’s basically a strawman at this point.

It doesn’t. “You’re not used to much of any training or diet structure” applies to nearly every American. It applies to basically everyone, which is why his casino analogy is wrong. It works basically 100% of the time with most Americans.

@@soonahero This channel isn't for "most Americans".

@@drumline17 every English speaking country is fat and this channel is in English

@@soonahero This channel is for people semi-serious about fitness and weightlifting, it doesn't matter what their general population looks like. Get a life

Hes basicly saying the same thing as greg but people cannot see the fucking connection, greg tells ppl to maingain at certain bodyfat they feel good at. So if ur too lean u bulk if ur too fat u cut. Hes saying the exact same thing except hes telling you basicly to cut for summer/any events (like bodybuilders) and then bulk back up to keep making gains. If you just wanted to keep building muscle u would maintain as greg with a small surplus says. Most people dont do shows and go 4-5% bodyfat and then back to 10-15%. This argument is so ridiculous and people should stop Fighting about it.

I'm learning multiple languages at the same time - it's not difficult although I am quite linguistically-minded

This is great to hear! I’m 40 and at 330lbs and i started a week ago doing basically what you’re doing. The employees at the gym are telling me to eat up and massively weight train even though I told them I really want to skim down by at least 100lbs. I just had a feeling they weren’t listening to my goals, and Mike’s advice here pretty much confirms that. I’m eating at a caloric deficit

@@theogonia1983 If you are obese it will simply melt at first. Yes, small dietary changes are absolutely essential, but not the gut-wrenching arduous dieting some will try and foist upon you. Here were my basic rules: #1. No more fast food except for once on a cheat day. Even then it must be carefully considered (I like two chicken soft tacos and a diet Pepsi from Taco bell on Sundays, personally). Incorporate more salads and go ahead and stuff them with lean proteins (I like chicken breasts in salads personally). Make sure you are at a very slight caloric deficit. #2. Be relentless. Do not let any bullshit stop you. I am absolutely known by everybody at my gym (a very large gym) and they fist bump me, give me "the nod", wave, etc. and I do *NOT* say this to say I am "so cool", but more so that I am there 5 days a week and always chasing my strongman/powerlifting goals. None of us even know each others names, and that is saying something. The behaviors I point out are due to my endless hard work and never-quit attitude. Just do NOT stop, except for when... #3. ...your body is screaming for a break and/or you have acquired a minor injury. We are older now and the body is absolutely ridiculous at how long it takes to heal from injuries. This is a long and steady march, not a sprint. The only person you have a competition and debt to settle with is yourself. I am one of the biggest and strongest guys in my gym now and 2 years ago I did *NOT* start that way. Which also brings me to... #4. ....stopping before doing something stupid and reaching out to trained professionals for their guidance and advice on form and movements when needed. I pulled my back once on 505lbs worth of deadlift not because I couldn't do it, but because my starting position was slightly misaligned on this particular pull. It took 3 frickin weeks to get back to it (more weight, actually) because I didn't stop to ask the trainer I am friendly with, "Hey, can you give me a second-look at this starting position?" when I really should have. I knew something was "off" but shrugged it off and paid the price. So now when not sure precisely what exercise is going to give me the best results I ask for a moment of the trainers time and guidance if he is willing and/or able to share some that particular day or moment. Example: I felt like I was struggling to get upper pec engagement on any sort of movement. Incline press was marginal at best, particularly in a mind-muscle kind of way. I struggled to engage them and get them sore even when decline press was fine for lower chest. I go up to the physical therapy/strength trainer and ask and he says, "Oh that's easy. When you do your pec flys on the machine for the mid chest, lower the seat to the lowest position (for my height) and you will do what looks like a diving motion with your arms at a very high fly height." I thought this looked stupid as I have seen other people do it. However, I trust this trainer so I go do it. I'll be damned. I *INSTANTLY* could feel immense contraction of the upper pecs and they were sore as hell by time I left. I couldn't help but go back, chuckling a bit, and thanking him as I didn't know that kind of mind-muscle was even possible to the upper pecs. I am immensely grateful for this. So, beyond this, the first thing you need to solidify is your core. I did core work for the first 6 months. Back press, abs, obliques, etc. Not to try to "strengthen them" per se, but to bring them online and used to contracting significantly again for stabilization after long periods of sedentary behavior. From there I went straight to a strongman/powerlifting routine and the weight flew off in 2 solid years. (I am now 75lbs down). You got this!

Thank you so much for sharing this. (And I've read the comment below as well) this is week #6 for me, I'll be 32 next month. I started at 384 and now I'm 366. I started falling off on my calorie deficit, but love lifting so far. This is helping me consider to finding a balance diet wise, thank you so much for sharing!

It is by far the most head shaped head I've ever come across

Did you have loose skin when you lost all that weight? If so, his did you deal with it? If not, how did you achieve it?

lol I think he’s younger lol

Are you gay?

Exactly, same here.

People who are untrained or detrained can accomplish this when they first start working out seriously and paying attention to nutrition. This is clear... What isn't clear is for the people in the middle. Not ultra lean and muscular, but not completely untrained. However, I think is more attainable that the industry says. I did it with a normal starting BMI.

Youre experiencing called "Newbie Gains" Your first year of proper lifting you'll be experiencing massive gain of strength and muscle and lose fat the same time

@@robertdy1952 Yes, this has been clear for a while. It is possible for those who are 1) Untrained or 2) Overweight. But good job @EpicRivers1 for making it happen!!

BTW Great job on making it all happen!

didnt he literally explain your scenario in the video? If you are high bodyfat + beginner, you can gain muscle and lose fat, but the less fat you have and the more advanced you get, the worse this works

Haha watch their first debate, he's more passive aggressive than patient in that one

I’d like to see that. Greg always thinks he’s right.

Special supplements.

Link?

I’ve often thought the same thing. Growing up in the sixties and seventies, the only information available was through books and magazines/newspapers. The information, or at least quality information, was harder to find. Today, there is such a plethora of information you must be careful to pick and choose wisely what you listen to.

No shit. Me too! That was all. Good book, but...

The exact thing he touts isn't exactly that. It's to be at as lean of a body fat you're comfortable at and can make gains in, and the raise your calories when you're getting too lean. He's even agreed in a discussion with Mike that at a certain point, you have to raise your calories a significant amount to make gains, but that if you get above 20%, you've gone too far.

The eco chamber on Greg’s channel is insane. If you are past the newbie gains and serious about gaining muscle, solid clean bulking phases and cutting fazes are absolutely crucial. I lost 9 kgs in 2 months going on a pretty big cut, which took dedication. The difference in appearance is insane and i would take me years to achieve the same result if at all on recomp. And you gain back all the lost muscle after a cut in 2-3 months.

How’s the recomp going ?

@@jacksimmons9180 Still going really well... my weight is still maintaining and I'm noticing some serious density in my muscles right now. My belly and love handles are slowly melting away. Being consistent with my nutrition and workouts are really paying off.

@@Superdub74 are you eating in a defecit or maintenance?

@@Superdub74 do u ever have cheat days

Hows it going now?

Shit is getting real!

His video is all about how you CAN do both. The two videos contradict each other. I'm going with the scientific approach

@@LasTortugasAzules To be fair, his point is that, in his experience, a lot of people start a bulk and then never get off it. If you are serious about this, then he does say bulking and cutting is the best method, but maybe there is something to his claim (I don't know, we'd need a behavioral psychology study for this)

@@LasTortugasAzules they aren't really contradicting, I actually agree with most of both of what they said.

Jeff's video titles/thumbnails are definitely designed to be a little more click baity but I do appreciate Jeff's take on things most of the time, I didn't watch the video but I read the description haha I knew what he was gonna say anyway

Did you make any progress with calisthenics?

Did he get heart problems from the vaccination?

Oof. Have fun with that spike protein in a few years or months

I did and gained no weight.

@@soulie2001 Probably because you didn't enter a caloric surplus.

@@ibrahimtastekin275 Yea but my calories expended are huge. 10-14 miles at job, plus workout after, plus walk home sometimes. 5000 about.

Yeah in 6 days with regular meals at maintenance should put you in a good surplus 😅

@@soulie2001 u have to eat more then that's all

@xxtine that u can do both at the same time. I’m rolling with Dr. Mike. 💪🏽

@Bradley Puppies He also says it's not realistic to recomp at low body fat.

@A i will start listening to him then , i don't know him , still hoping that mike tells us what he thinks of sum stuff

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I'd just recomp at a slight calorie deficit till you hit a brick wall.

Lol he just made a video on this comment ​@@intothekey

Most people can't get bodybuilder shredded and maintain that year around (another myth/dream online charlatans prey on). Being "a bit soft" below 20% or so (for males) is just a healthy body. If you bulk between 10-20% (as a male), you never look meaningfully soft (aka you're are still aesthetic). You can very easily bulk/cut and keep your aesthetics. Now after a few years when you get to a good body comp (and don't want to go full on bodybuilder huge), then you can go into maintenance/'recomp' mode. Its often guys who are naturally skinny/lean who are disproportionately afraid of any trace of fat making one look awful who get stuck in recomping when they could put on a lot of fat before anyone actually noticed/cared.

@@TheGreektrojan goes right to the stomach first, legs and arms don't hold fat unless the stomach looks a bit oversized for their frame

My "Forever" will be 3 hours, give or take an hour. 😂

Love me some average joe analogies

Jeff is a great physiotherapist and knows more than most of biomechanics but he's not a dietician, not a bodybuilder and not a powerlifter. If you have pains, he can help you. If you want to kick in the big gear and start to really gain muscle and strength, he has little to give

@@nonachyourbusiness1164 agreed

He literally posted a video lol

@@nonachyourbusiness1164 Jeff is great at nothing man

@@diegozenteni1613 he’s good at chin ups. Probably cause he weighs little has no body fat and obsessed with training biceps . He has a good how to on Bulgarian split squat . Face pull and awesome exercise . But besides that gotta agree with you any barbell exercise he gives horrible advice on and has horrible programs / supplements

Yes, trying to maingain, I lost literally 2 years for spinning around, gaining NOTHING at the end. Maybe if you are very genetically gifted mesomorp, naturally lean and easy gaining muscle but how many people really are those?

Depends also your starting body fat. I started at about 30% bodyfat after taking 5 years off from training. now at about 20% and only about 8lb lighter than when i started. This is over a 7 mo period. now as i get leaner those muscle gains will definitely get slower until i hit a tipping point where i gain no muscle while losing fat. You need energy to build muscle, it's gotta come from somewhere, I still have plenty on my midsection.

Gaintaining

I spent a year to a year and a half lifting hard but keeping calories mostly constant with sporadic bursts of hypercaloric phases and gained..... nothing. Bulking and cutting phases are the only way to go.

@@Damian_Materowski I feel you bro, wasted my fucking time on that shit. Wish I never listened to that Greg dumb ass in 2019. 2 years thrown out the window

Just noticed this is three years old. I wonder if you'd still say the exact same today

I was a very experienced lifter who had 25 years of legit training under my belt. I got away from the gym for close to a decade (ugly divorce, depression, substance abuse....you know the deal). I got fat. Like 5'11", 285 fat. I got back in the gym about 4 years ago (after first just getting my diet on point and losing 50lbs) and it's been like when I first started lifting (kinda, I'm 47, so I do have some physical limitations from old injuries and back problems). I've completely recomped my body. I've gotten a bunch of mass back (natural) and I've continued to lose bodyfat to where I've got visible abs all day, every day. No onion skinned/peeled and I've still got plenty of bodyfat to lose. But in great shape for a guy my age with a full life, 2 teenage boys, and a very demanding job.

@@gunsandcommissionsbro nice story but share tips not just on how ur wife got fucked by Mandingo

@@gunsandcommissions sir, how do you build muscle and stay lean? I'm geniunly curious!!

Just don't be a fatty boom boom

mmhmmmm ok

He went into that in the second half of the video

That’s what he said

They aren't as distinct as they seem, your body does NOT like to build and hold onto muscle because it is a metabolically highly active tissue, and so any environment in which fat loss is occurring will naturally lead to the body SIGNIFICANTLY downregulating processes used to build muscle mass in an attempt to conserve and reduce caloric usage

A carbonara frittata is essentially spaghetti in an egg cake.

Saw this video and went to your channel to see if you had anything about it, thankfully you did. My faith in recomping is restored. One question though: should you expect to recomp meanwhile you still have a considerable fat storage, as long as you keep lifting hard and doing cardio? Love your work, Geoffrey.

@@thamiresmilanes7049 the more fat you have, the easier it is to recomp.

He gathers all the data, and then goes through that total info, and then makes his claims based on total science. Using just one, two, or 5 studies isn't appropriate for the scientific process.

Do you have an example of these studies that show significant recomposition for people that aren't new to barbell training stimuli?

Agreed. Especially for women who have had children. The slower loss is usually better because the skin takes a lot longer to adapt than your muscles do. I've seen the same in men however who had large guts and seriously lost a lot of weight quickly. It never looks great. Keep up that practical pace and the results will be more pleasing.

But also the muscle building is slower.....