Why Should You Train Hard While Dieting?

[@mcfarvo]

As Mike Israetel may put it: you still will want to train between MEV and MRV; however, while in a sustained energy deficit, your MRV will drop down a bit (less recovery capacity) and your MEV will come up a bit (need an even stronger stimulus for anabolism while in a more catabolic state), so you still train between MEV and MRV even so as this window shrinks during a mass loss phase (i.e. an energy deficit).

[@nickal3x]

Wow, that's very insightful and cleared some of my misunderstandings. The fact that this whole "just maintain the muscle" is not all that black and white and easy and in fact you still have to train over your MEV which is higher while in a catabolic state(like more stress, less sleep, not enough food)

[@aldinstuart5787]

Eric is a Legend.

[@vagabundierenderlaserstrah7964]

Thanks for the video. I have been asking this question to myself, too.

[@Year_Of_The_Cat]

Congrats on 100K

[@umothercracker]

When you diet and lose weight (fat) and you keep your lifts the same, aren't you progressively overloading in a way? Let's say you bench 225 and you are 185lb and then the following week you are 183lb and still benching 225 and then the next week you are 181lb and still benching 225. Is not this considered progressive overload?

[@joshnosirname9924]

It’s progression but not progressive overload.

[@cristobalbrintruprios5244]

Considering the weight doesnt increase. It would be progress but not overload the weight

[@mcfarvo]

It may be if your ROM is increasing slightly as you lose body mass in your upper back and chest

[@joshnosirname9924]

@@mcfarvo yeah good point but then also with that happening the leverages become different so it almost becomes a different exercise

[@OneTwoZooPie]

Great video, let's run spell check while "maintaining musle" though yeah?

[@DJcs187]

4:55 So if I deload every 3-6 weeks, does that mean that I also take a diet break at the same time?

[@Magic_beans_]

Sounds like you’re good either way. In Podcast #75 (which, granted, was a couple years ago) Eric & Brad said it shouldn’t make a big difference in your recovery.

[@DJcs187]

@@Magic_beans_ I'm not really worried about recovery, but rather about muscle loss due to the combination of calorie deficit and low volume/intensity. I know a week is a short timeframe, but it still doesn't feel good to do it.

[@KreeptOut]

@@DJcs187 Deload every 6 - 8 weeks. Keep the sets the same but cut the weight you use by 40-60%. Don't reduce calories during the deload. You won't lose any muscle... probably will lose water weight; don't fret.

[@DJcs187]

@@KreeptOut You meant to say don't increase instead of reduce, right?