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c/glp1muscle·submitted 1 year ago by u/rasmus_petrescu

resistance training — 15 things I got wrong before I got it right

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resistance training — 15 things I got wrong before I got it right. I have gone back and forth on this for months. What the evidence actually supports, stripped of the arguing. Some lean mass is lost in any weight-loss deficit. Resistance training and adequate protein intake are the two interventions with real support…

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u/rasmus_petrescu20 points·1 year ago

Reduced appetite makes hitting a protein target a logistics problem rather than a motivation problem, which is why the practical advice here is about timing and food choice rather than willpower.

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u/tuva_kirchner8 points·1 year ago

Agreed on the error margin. Quoting a DEXA to one decimal implies a precision the method does not have.

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical11 points·1 year ago

I would not change the programme on the strength of one scan. The measurement error is larger than the effect you are reacting to.

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u/aksel_kjaer13 points·1 year ago

a single DEXA is a number, two is a comparison, three is a trend

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u/sunday_shot_sal15 points·1 year ago

Two scans on the same machine 23 months apart. Lean mass held better than I expected and the lifts told the same story for free.

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u/zeynep_villalobos12 points·1 year ago

the appetite effect makes eating enough protein a logistics problem

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u/viktor_girard4 points·1 year ago

Yes. Nobody here is prescribing training or nutrition and the good posts say so.

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