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if i'm a high body fat percentage right now should i start by trying to build muscle or trying to lose fat? my overall goal is to become leaner
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Anonymous 2w

If you’re fat and a beginner you can do both at once. Lift weights, keep protein high, eat in a deficit

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Anonymous 2w

You can and should be doing both

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Anonymous 2w

Find out what your calorie deficit is and diet at that. Do you wanna look leaner or be leaner causer muscle weighs more than fat.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

i don't really care how much i weigh, i want to be lean literally and visibly?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

thank you, i was under the impression that you could only do one at a time and was wondering which is better to start with

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

gaining muscle in a deficit is generally going to be harder than at maintenance or in a surplus, but it gets much easier the less training experience you have or the more body fat you have so if you check both boxes you shouldn’t have much issue

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Find calorie deficit, eat at that but still get 15+ grams of protein in each meal, exercise accordingly. It’s not about what you do the first time, it’s that you come back and do it again and again.

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