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Can You Lose Fat and Gain Muscle at the Same Time?

Losing fat while gaining muscle, commonly called “body recomposition” or “recomping,” is indeed possible. However, it’s not for everybody. In this article, you’ll learn how to determine if a recomp, cut, bulk, or maintenance is right for you.

Reverse Dieting: Hype Versus Evidence

This article will explore the actual research related to reverse dieting, which tells a much different story than the hyped-up anecdotes you’ll see on social media. It will also explain why “dynamic maintenance” is a more flexible and less tedious strategy that offers every single benefit that reverse dieting actually delivers.

Body Composition Assessments are Less Useful Than You Think

Measuring body composition seems to be a mild obsession in the fitness community, but individual-level body composition assessments are far less useful than most people realize. In this article, we explain the issues and present a few alternative outcome measures that are more useful.

The Problems with Calorie Counting

Calorie counting seems simple, but there are a few common pitfalls that often prevent dieters from reaching their goals. In this article, you’ll learn to navigate those challenges and develop a better approach to calorie counting for gaining, losing, or maintaining weight.

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