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Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

How to Reduce Muscle Size (Lose Muscle You Don’t Want)

Sep 20, 2023
Learn how to strategically reduce muscle size in targeted areas of the body, including the arms, legs, hamstrings, calves, glutes, back, shoulders, and pecs. The podcast discusses the drawbacks of losing muscle, holistic strategies for muscle reduction, and provides specific techniques for muscle downsizing. It also emphasizes the importance of maintaining overall muscle mass, following a low protein diet, and creating a calorie deficit for effective muscle loss. Find out how long it takes to lose muscle and how muscle memory plays a role in shrinking unwanted muscle.
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Quick takeaways

  • Losing body fat is the first step to reducing muscle size in specific areas.
  • To shrink specific muscle groups, avoid exercises that directly or indirectly stimulate those muscles while still training other muscle groups.

Deep dives

The Importance of Muscle and Strength

Muscle is important for movement, metabolic health, disease prevention, and overall quality of life. Gaining muscle provides numerous benefits, and the more muscle you have, the more you experience these benefits. However, excessive muscle growth in specific areas of the body can be undesirable for some individuals.

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