Originally Posted by
Null66
A very comforting myth. Ever so pleasing we see it bandied about...
Building muscle is harder then you think.
Most people confuse tonus with muscle.
Almost impossible to add significant muscle under a calorie deficit.
Rather difficult even while your biochemistry is uh, enhanced, AND your are on a program to build muscle.
And your certainly not going to add more muscle than fat loss, as it takes a heck of a lot of energy to make muscle..
I've seen studies where subjects who start out untrained and significantly overweight can burn fat and build muscle simultaneously. I think that's true only for the first few pounds of muscle gain. Then it becomes a lot more difficult, and at some point very unlikely, to build more muscle without a calorie surplus.