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I feel like it’s way easier to become muscular if you’re starting skinny If you’re starting fat, in terms of efficiency, what do you think the ideal route is? Losing the fat first or trying body recomposition? More in comments

Anonymous 7w

More muscle is built if you are big because mass moves mass so you have more stimulus but in terms of sticking to your workout plan it’s harder being big because you don’t see results for so much longer visually

Anonymous 7w

Cope, you have it easier

Anonymous 7w

I’m fat so ofc I’m gonna say skinny. I have to loose 50-60 lbs If I even wanna think about being skinny.

Anonymous 7w

i’ve heard it’s actually the opposite

Anonymous 7w

I wouldn’t say I started "fat" but definitely on the heavier, chubbier side. I've been on a body recomp journey and have been seeing some success. Just wondering if yall had experiences losing the fat first and what that was like?

Anonymous 7w

My current lifestyle is strength training 5 times a week, stair master daily, low-calorie diet, focusing on protein and greens intake Appreciate the comments guys, learning a lot!

Anonymous 7w

It’s absolutely easier starting skinny. Anyways when I started I didn’t really focus on recomping. I just cut as much body fat as I could. If ur new to the gym you’ll build muscle in a deficit pretty easily as long as your not starving yourself. So recomping isn’t really necessary unless you just wanna eat more. Also the sooner you get lean the sooner you can properly start a gaining phase. You also only really need to get lean once if you know how to properly maintain.

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Anonymous

#2 7w

This is just wrong. The leaner you are the more efficiently you put on muscle up to a certain degree of course. When lean ur much more insulin sensitive, lower systemic inflammation, improved hormonal signaling, better nutrition partitioning. Mass moves mass is bro science and comes down to multiple factors like people spending a decade permabulking and training for strength only, and fat improves leverages for most lifts making you marginally stronger.

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Anonymous

#1 7w

Your entire opinion is irrelevant if you genuinely believe mass moves mass is bro science.

Anonymous

#4 7w

Bro it’s very common knowledge that being lean equates to faster and more efficient muscle growth. Why do u think bodybuilders sit at 10-15% bodyfat during the offseason. Thats when the body is most efficient at putting on muscle. Getting any higher just hinders progress unless ur purely training for strength but I doubt that’s op’s goal

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Anonymous

#1 7w

We’re also not talking about putting on the same kind of muscle mass that they are. Your average gym goer isn’t putting on 4lbs of muscle a year because they’re already that developed. They can gain way more without having to worry about the minutiae. Idk, it’s dumb to compare what’s harder, they both have their own unique challenges

Anonymous

OP 7w

sounds like you already got a good routine going. it just takes time, lots of patience and dedication. idk how big you are but personally i would put more emphasis on cardio if your main goal right now is to lose weight. definitely still weight train but i leaned out fast last summer when i was running every day

Anonymous

#3 7w

Appreciate it! I love hearing about people’s personal experiences and what worked for them