Why You Can’t Get Big and Strong While Getting Lean
To get ripped, lean, shredded, etc. you need to shed body fat.
Shedding body fat requires you to consume fewer calories than you’re expending so that your body uses your fat stores for energy.
But here’s the rub: just as you can’t put on muscle mass without putting on some body fat, you can’t reduce body fat without reducing some muscle mass.
When you’re in a caloric deficit, your body not only uses fat for energy, it also breaks down muscle tissue for the nutrients it needs to keep your physiological systems running. As muscle tissue cannibalizes, muscle mass and strength go down.
This is why you can’t get big and strong while you’re trying to get lean. Getting big and strong requires excess calories, while getting lean requires a caloric deficit.
You’ve got to pick a goal at the exclusion of the other.
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