One of the easiest ways to burn yourself right out of your fitness goals is to go beyond your limits find yourself dealing with a few nasty overtraining symptoms. Mentally and physically it’s the worst. If you consistent go into your workouts feeling sapped of energy each sessions will be a demoralizing experience.

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The most common reasons people suffer from this is because they never switch up their routines. They keep plugging at the same workouts each week. Even when those trusty workouts stop working people hate to deviate from their comfort zones.

Another concern is if you start suffering from overtraining you could put yourself in the position to actually turn back your progress. Without meaning too you could end up making yourself weaker. And that’s no good.

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Yes, it’s true. You can build muscle while losing fat at the same time. Doing both at the same time is called the body recomposition method (or recomp for short), and it’s for those who want to add-on lean body mass while burning fat at the same time. But the goal is to keep at your current weight the whole time.

This process simultaneously ties together the benefits of bulking and cutting cycles.

But there’s no yo-yo effect here: which is often what fad dieters experience. Since this is a continuous effort, you aren’t likely to slide back to your starting body fat percentage. Hell, after working hard to blast the fat off your body the last thing you’d want is to gain it back. Worst yet, you don’t want to lose muscle mass either.

The key to making the workout approach successful is: It’s about balance.

So, what can you expect from a recomp? Don’t expect overnight success. Since you’re trying to cut fat while increasing your lean muscle and strength, it’s a slow process. Really slow, actually.

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