Had a conversation with someone in a post earlier who seemed very self-assured in their knowledge of it being impossible to build muscle while eating at a deficit and I ended up writing a pretty lengthy reply, thought I’d post what I wrote here and hope to get more opinions or anecdotal experience from the rest of y’all.
Yes, I managed to build a noticeable amount of muscle while eating at a caloric deficit, I just made sure the bulk of my calories came from lean proteins.
That’s great for those fitness youtubers, but I would wager that a majority of them have never been obese. The three big reasons they recommend cutting before bulking are:
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when making extreme lifestyle changes, it’s much easier to first change your diet before beginning to incorporate exercise. People trying to change too much too fast is why a majority of people give up on weight loss.
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exercise is harder on your joints and body when you’re bigger, obviously. Yet, there are plenty of muscle building exercises that are low impact on the joints. Odds are, an obese person doesn’t know much about working out, so it’s easier for these fitness youtubers to just say hey, wait until you lose weight to mitigate any risk of injury.
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it’s much harder. Eating at a caloric deficit while working harder in the gym gives the absolute worst food cravings, and lots of people overeat after working out because they overestimate how many calories they burned. But, if you have enough willpower and discipline, it absolute can be done.
I hope this provides clarity as to why everyone recommends cutting before bulking. Not because it’s impossible. It’s because it’s the hardest way to do it.
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