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Common Questions About Weight Loss Diets

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Bodybuilding Coaches - What Kind of Targets Are Common?

A lot of times when people are trying to maintain their weight they're taking this approach of just guessing a number. A moderate cut might be around 13 calories per pound and a pretty aggressive cut might be all the way down at 11 calories per pound. There is a great deal of variation in terms of the energy needs from person to person that can be impacted by things that are somewhat predictable. The best predictor we have of somebody's resting metabolic rate for example is going to be fat free mass.

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