Can You Lose Fat And Build Muscle Simultaneously?

By Howe Russ

When it comes to fitness, most people find it difficult to set a realistic goal. In fact, if you ask any health and fitness enthusiasts at your local gym to describe their goal you're probably going to hear them telling you that they wish to learn how to build muscle and lose fat at the same time. Sadly for most, they never reach their target.

We're going to teach you the main reasons people find it difficult to achieve their fitness goal.

While those who are in their first few weeks of training are able to enjoy both fat loss and hypertrophy because of the shock caused to their body by their new healthy and active lifestyle, this period is short lived. Before too long they need to make a choice. What is more important to you right now?

Despite all of the scientific advances we have made in sports, the basic rule of weight loss is to eat less than you used to. That's right, the first step really is that simple. Work out your existing daily calorie total on average and then try to eat slightly less.

Those who are looking to build an impressive muscular physique will need to work at a calorie surplus, meaning that they have to consume more calories per day than they currently do right now.

The two goals are complete opposites which can't really be put together in the same routine. It's impossible to eat less calories per day when you are eating more calories, right? For this reason, so many people train without any goal and therefore get no results.

The easiest way to build a more muscular body while dropping weight is to separate your goals and work on them individually. If you want to drop fat first and then focus on building, you should do that. If you want to build first then you should structure your diet and training with that in mind.

When you deem yourself to have reached your first goal you can focus on the second.

Sometimes the easiest way to achieve two different things is to focus on one thing at a time. This is particularly true when it comes to fitness.

If you make growth your primary target you will notice that the principles of hypertrophy remain largely the same as they were twenty years ago. Focus on improving your big, compound lifts while getting plenty of good rest and getting on top of your diet.

If you don't know how to build muscle today's interview will assist you a lot.

Figuring out how to lose weight or how to build muscle isn't rocket science. The fact is most people already know the basics, such as calorie deficits and surpluses, but they struggle to separate each goal and never truly get any further forward as a result.

About the Author:

About the author: Russ Howe PTI is the UK's leading personal trainer. If you need to learn how to build muscle or how to lose weight our easy video guides will help you achieve more in the gym.