Thread: Gain muscle while losing fat???

It's possible, but not likely - especially if you're not a newbie. If you eat very clean calories in excess all your gains should be mostly muscle. Decide which you would rather have - more mass or lower bf and then work toward that goal.

im still fairly new at this. my current bf is about 13%, and i would like to be able to see more ab definition.

Rich

the more extra fat you have, the easier it is to accomplish this...

is 13% too low to have this be a possiblity or is it high enough to lose the fat and add the muscle?

If you are really a newbie you will probably loose a couple percent of body fat just by cleaning up your diet. (I went down 1% in a month, but I have a fast matabolism, though I'm not on a strict diet)

by the way Im 21 6'1.5 184lbs with 11% bf now, I was 12% also at 184lbs so I now have what ???????? almost 2lbs less fat and 2lbs more lean muscle, thats not bad

You CAN add mass and lose bodyfat, but its MUCH easier to focus on one or the other. If you were to add mass and lose bodyfat your diet would have to be close to perfect as far as exactly what your daily needs of protein/carbs/fats. Most people dont know their bodies well enough for that, and even if you DO know, because your trying to add mass and lose fat, both processes would be much slower if you were focusing on one or the other.

My suggestion is to pick whichever one is more important for you at this time and focus on it. I have always said add mass first, you can always get lean after, AND youll have some new mass to show for it. If you lean out first, you have no mass to show, and youll eventually have to give much of that leaness off to get some mass. Its basically an extra step to get lean first, than to get massive first.

Just my 2 cents.