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Body recomp
Also known as
recomp · lose fat gain muscle · recomposition · maintain and recomp
Community talk may be wrong. Not medical, training, or diet advice. Sharp pain, fainting, or disordered-eating concerns need a clinician.
In brief
Body recomp is trying to lose fat and gain muscle in the same season, usually near maintenance calories with lifting.
The common picture
Near maintenanceNot a 1000-kcal slash and not a dirty bulk.
Lift is the engineNo lift, no recomp story.
First comparison: around 8–16 weeksThe notes describe a longer project around maintenance food intake and progressive lifting.
Tape / photos / DEXA if they have itWeight alone is a noisy receipt.
People wait months, distrust the weekly scale, and argue whether recomp is real for anyone past the beginner stage.
Good to know. A two-week scale panic. Recomp is slow. Not a GLP card — that lives on Self/Research.
What people say
- The job: both directions slowly, usually for people who are not at an extreme already.
- r/fitness and r/leangains-adjacent still fight whether recomp is real.
- New lifters recomp by accident. Advanced lifters wait longer.
- Not a mini-cut and not a lean-bulk. Those cards sit next door.
- GLP muscle-spare is a Self/Research neighbor, not this plate.
How people do it
- Set calories near maintenance, protein high enough, lift.
- Pick a slow receipt: tape, photos, or a rare DEXA — not daily weight as a verdict.
Amounts people use
- Time: 8–16 weeks before they call it.
- Calories: around maintenance, not a contest cut.
How people keep it
- Patience.
- It fades when: they slash calories in week two and call it a cut.
How it may feel
- Boring. That is the point.
How long
- A season.
The longer notes
- A cut / lean vs dirty bulk / mini-cut / reverse diet are the neighbors.
Good to know
- Two-week scale panic.
- Disordered eating is a clinician.
Earlier wording (updated)
- Months, not ten days The scale lies week to week.