Episode Details

If you could be in a calorie surplus for three-quarters of the year and constantly get leaner, would that appeal to you?

Today’s topic is something that ended my many, repeated unproductive cycles of crash dieting and changed my mindset to one of abundance, performance, improved body composition, a better relationship with food, and sustainable results.

You’re going to learn how to periodize your nutrition with cut and bulk cycles to get leaner and leaner by minimizing fat gain while maximizing muscle gain.

Why do we periodize our nutrition anyway? Why use so-called cut and bulk cycles

Why not just lose a bunch of weight and then maintain? Or gain a bunch of muscle and maintain? Or gain muscle and lose fat at the same time (the holy grail known as body recomposition)?

Because our biology has thrown us a curveball. When you lose weight, you DO lose fat but you ALSO lose some muscle. Conversely, when you gain weight, you do gain muscle but also gain some fat.

Therefore, why don’t we focus intelligently on ONE GOAL AT A TIME and MAXIMIZE our results for that goal?

That’s exactly what today’s discussion is about!

Topics discussed in this episode:

• What happens when we lose and gain weight
• What is body fat overshooting?
• Using cuts and bulks for body composition
• Eating in a surplus while training to gain muscle
• Not spending long enough in a bulk
• Identifying your start and end points
• Identifying your goal weight
• and more!

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