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Anybody who gained muscle and lost weight(fat), how did you do it? (lemmy.world)

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Title says it all, i want to lose weight and also build some muscle, ive have been hitting the gym and cutting my calories by 500-900cal for the past two months, while i am seeing some muscle growth, its not very substantial or something people around me will notice, ive also lost about 2kgs which is not much so i am thinking of doing a 200cal surplus for a month to see how it goes I wanted to get some advice as well as read other people’s experiences

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you a beginner? Lifting 5-6 times a week is a bit much, even for an experienced lifter, but especially for someone new.

What kind of lifting are you doing? Olympic lifts? X sets of y? Keeping track of your weights and increasing when you can?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah i am, actually i (was) on a vacation and started hitting the gym just because i was bored and also wanted to get in better shape, so thats why i went 5-6 times a week, i dont do olympic lifts, i only use 4-5 machines (Chest, Shoulder, leg press, pulldown etc)for each major muscle grp I perform 3 sets of 10-12 reps and when i feel like they are getting too easy, i increase the weight…