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#290: Menno Henselmans & Eric Helms, PhD - Diet Breaks, Calorie Cycling & Muscle Retention

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The Importance of Muscle Loss in Bodybuilding

Body fat percentage is the most significant predictor of body composition. Muscle loss will directly hurt fat loss plus you're no longer to the extent that it decreases protein synthesis as Eric talked about It's literally a zero sum game in terms of energy loss from the body plus the reduction energy expenditure so it's even worse than that, Meno says.

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