In A Caloric Deficit? Lift Weights Or Lose Muscle.

Question: If you are in a caloric deficit, but you are getting sufficient daily protein intake to prevent your body from pulling protein out of your muscle basically, can you not lose the lean mass or muscle mass? You’re not doing resistance training, say you’re doing aerobic, you are just getting protein, but you’re still in a caloric deficit.

Answer: If you’re not lifting weights, no. If you’re not lifting weights, the answer is protein will help you to preserve some lean mass but you’re still going to lose mass, and this has been shown in research over and over again.