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Old 05-19-2010, 03:34 PM  
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Originally Posted by mgtarheels View Post
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Assume you're cutting at 2500 cals per day, you do NOT want to be at 250g of protein when beginning to cut. It'll be counter-active. What you need to do is cut that 250 down to about 75/day.

Less powder, more food. Less negative impact, bigger deficit.

Actually, it's not counter active at all. You see, people seem to think that you have to either lose fat, or build muscle, but you can't do them at the same time, which can't be more inaccurate. One method is Carb Cycling, which I can expand on later. The other method is to stay with the caloric deficit, but maintain something like a 50-30-20 Protein-Carbs-Fat diet, where you're getting at least 1.5 grams of protein per 1 lb of lean body mass. So what you're doing is burning fat, and supplanting your muscles with enough protein to slowly build muscles while on a cut.
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