STRONG CAMP: Train To LEAN
WHEN IT COMES TO SHEDDING THE KILOS, CREATING A CALORIE DEFICIT IS KING, SO GETTING YOUR NUTRITION IN CHECK IS PARAMOUNT. BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO IN-GYM TO FAST-TRACK FAT LOSS?
RAWDAH
When aiming to lose body fat, the first consideration is energy balance. It’s a little more complicated than that, but unless you nail this principle first, you’re going to be disappointed. You also need to be clear: fat loss and weight loss are not the same thing.
Fat loss means you are reducing the amount of body fat you have; weight loss means you are losing something that makes you lighter on the scales – be it fat, muscle, glycogen, a big bowel movement, water, or something else. If you reached your weight loss goal, but the bulk of it came from muscle, would you be happy? Probably not.
You know that fat can only be reduced by eliciting a calorie deficit – aka eating fewer calories than you need to maintain weight – but you must be wary of the catabolic environment you’re
