THE BODY RECOMP PLAYBOOK: THE DEFICIT, PROTEIN, CARB & NUTRITION LEVERS THAT DRIVE MUSCLE GAIN & FAT LOSS WITH JEFF HOEHN | EP. [#]
Chasing Clarity: Health & Fitness PodcastShow Notes
Everyone wants to know if you can build muscle and lose fat at the same time. But the more important question is how you actually program for it.
Over the first two episodes of this series, Jeff and I built the case that recomp is real, covered who can do it, and broke down why women may be especially primed for it. Now it's time to get tactical.
In this episode of the CHASING CLARITY HEALTH & FITNESS PODCAST, I'm joined again by Jeff Hoehn, host of the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast, to walk through the exact nutrition and energy-balance levers we pull with clients to actually drive body recomposition in the real world. This is the practical playbook: how we set calories, where we put protein, how we use carbs, and how we handle dietary fat to build muscle and lose fat at the same time.
WE GET INTO: WHY WE START MOST CLIENTS AT MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF DIVING STRAIGHT INTO A DEFICIT THE 500-CALORIE THRESHOLD WHERE MUSCLE GAIN STARTS TO FALL APART (AND THE RESEARCH BEHIND IT) HOW WE TITRATE A SMALL, CONSERVATIVE DEFICIT TO DRIVE FAT LOSS WITHOUT KILLING MUSCLE GROWTH WHY PROTEIN IS THE SINGLE HIGHEST-LEVERAGE DIETARY VARIABLE FOR RECOMP OUR TIERED PROTEIN TARGETS BASED ON BODY FAT LEVEL & WHY PROTEIN DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE DAY MATTERS HOW TO USE CARBS TO FUEL TRAINING QUALITY, THE TRUE ENGINE OF RECOMP CARB QUALITY, PERI-WORKOUT FUELING & WHY THE RIGHT CARB SOURCE DEPENDS ON THE PURPOSE OF THE MEAL WHY DIETARY FAT GETS ALLOCATED LAST & THE TRUTH ABOUT LOW FAT, TESTOSTERONE & HORMONES DURING A DIET
If you've ever wondered exactly how to set up your nutrition to build muscle and lose fat at the same time, this is the episode that turns the theory into an actual plan.
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