BEST Strategy To Losing Body Fat And Building Muscle Mass 

Calorie deficit. High protein. Progressive overload. Done. Stop complicating it

When I started focusing on getting strong & eating right, and stopped looking at the scale, it changed my whole body & attitude! Strength, stamina & weight loss!

This is better than 90% of the fitness material going around on youtube.

The scale can be your worst enemy when it comes to confidence.

Out of everything I’ve learned about training, this has to be the #1 best advice thank you

I’m glad this popped up on my feed one day, I’ve been hooked ever since

Just watched this. Great info! I dropped 83 pounds from June 2021 to December 2021. Went in stages; calorie deficit with light gym workouts. Once I got to a certain point, I increased calories and intensified gym workouts. Results are fantastic and I relearned how to eat properly during my deficit. Feel great! Down to 13% fat. Shooting for 10 by June 2022

Balance is the key! If you do heavy/intense workouts you are gonna need more calories because if you do that on a deficit you will end up getting fatigue and go down the overtraining route. We are only humans not robots. Eat the right foods, drink plenty of water and train hard but don’t over do it. Overtraining is a real thing. Rest properly

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy these video's...I am now 62 and have been training since I was 15 using at one point or another every "natural" routine ever invented....with that said I still learn something new from watching your sessions.....excellent work, thank you

appreciate the knowledge and encouragement fellas. keep grindin and stay blessed🙏

Super real, super authentic convo. Thx fellas

THANK YOU for sharing what you have learned through time

This video was a HUGE help boys. Tons of value here. THX!!!

This video is brilliant 👍🏻 this is exactly what I’m planning on doing

Thank you guys for your expertise, it is so hard to find factual information about this stuff. THANK YOUU❤️💪💪

I’m glad I found you guys. Great info.

First time listening to the podcast, and I’m definitely sticking around. This is exactly what I’m facing in my fitness journey right now. I’ve lost 30 lbs and feel great, but now I’m ready to put on some muscle and wasn’t really sure how to go about it without bulking. I don’t necessarily think this was new information for me but for some reason, the way it was explained by the 3 of you just now clicked with me. Really appreciate the easy-to-understand breakdown!

Love this thank you guys for the insightful wisdom

Great stuff! Everything said is excellent. RU-vid needs more content like this.

y’all are literally the best fitness page on youtube

That analogy alone with the contractor and building a house won my sub and my like 👍 and a comment, awesome content boys!

It's taken 3 yrs to be close to my goal and I'm so excited! Maybe others could've done it in a year but that would've taken over my whole life.

well shit... I have been searching all over for a lot of questions that is answered in this ONE video ALONE... I rock wit this channel man. Thanks for the advice and info. we need this content.

Thanks for the advice ✌️

I’ve been into weight lifting for a long time, probably 6 years. I never could get my body to change until I did it the right way like these guys are saying. I used to eat around 1500 calories maybe and couldn’t get my muscle mass to budge no matter what I did. Just this year I did more research and tweaking to my diet. I eat over 2000 calories now and have dropped body fat while gaining muscle. Because my husband and I are trying to conceive, I don’t want to drop any more body fat for hormone health but giving myself enough food was something I always knew but had never thought to actually track and make sure I was eating properly.

Eat super clean.. that’s the hardest part for people, not eating crap constantly.

I needed this. A little obsessive about this lately. Thanks.

Awesome video guys, thanks!

Glad to hear this. I've recently started strength training and my trainer has me sticking to my normal 2000 calories a day and just increased my protein intake. I've been worried about not losing weight but I can see my body slowly changing and that this is the method to prevent slowing down the metabolism

I love this podcast. Best fitness pod out there

The last 2 minutes were definitely for me. I'm a new PT looking to develop in programming as well as my own gains. You guys earned a new sub..

Salute! I needed this

This happened for me. It's why I measure instead of scale!

Sal always has the best analogies

Love it, thanks guys.

Doing lots of cardio and eating the bare minimum takes a huge psychological toll as well

Very well said, great show

I was 230 lb, I took the route of lose the fat first then build muscle. I got down to 140 lb in 5 months by being in ketosis (basically starving myself for 5 months) standing at 5 11 I realized I was skinny and weak. So I started putting on muscle. My point is don’t do this, I would be much bigger and stronger now if I had taken the slow route. I’m 170 lb 5 11 now, pure muscle. You can do anything you put your mind to, just don’t rush it lol.

I'm on my journey. I weigh 225lb at the moment and I been in the gym for almost 2 month. I'm a 2XL in men shirt. I hate cardio I only lift weight. 2 month later I check my weight I only lost 3lb but I drop shirt size to 1XL. Don't let the scale fool you. Be strong and stay consistency and stop making excuses.

The house building analogy was very very clever! 👍👍

This channel is gold

Lifting heavy makes me unbelievably hungry. Lifting heavy while in a deficit is a nightmare for me.

This might be the best diet video to explain weight loss for overweight people. This is what I did and had initial weight loss but then the scale didn’t move for three months. Since then I’ve doubled in strength and ended up losing a total of 40 pounds six months later. It all takes time and trying to explain this to friends and family is difficult when they watch brainwashing ads all their life that do not set them up for lifelong success. Will be sending this video now to every person that’s ask “how did you lose the weight?”

This is exactly what I did when I started my fitness journey. I stopped thinking about losing fat, and started to focus on making muscle, right now after about 6 months my body weight hasn't changed(maybe 1-2pounds), but my body has less fat and more muscle, I'm stronger and I feel better. The fat burning prosses might take a little longer, but I think it's the better approach to being healthy. And I didn't cut my calories, I just started to move more.

Long story short, look at a heavyweight boxer, let's say Anthony Joshua, he eats 3 times more the average human and has a very low body fat, why? Because his training is INTENSE: sparring, rowing, HIIT, treadmill, bodybuilder style workouts. Lift seriously, burn more calories than you eat, drink a lot of water. Simple, not easy, but simple.

Damn, this one video is better than all the other videos ive seen on this same topic

For me i am personally doing the exact same strategy and i will say that yeah it work i am focused on staying the same weight but building more muscles and eating healthier after a while i started noticing a change on the physical aspects of my body Hope everyone achieves what they want and just remember u can u just gotta push a bit harder

As An Arm wrestler, this was good content. I'm always trying to be strong first, look good also, and eat right we have weight classes. Power and strength and a look good body it's a tough one

Great Video...I'm 90Kg and worked out a 25% Calorie Deficit, double protein intake and train like a beast (free weight and compounds movements).

It's actually really obvious, but this has clarified my current strategy, thanks guys!!

I am stuck at 82kgs for 5 months but what keeps me going is that 5 months back i couldn't do 15 kg shoulder press and now am repping 20 kgs...its not much for todays view point but a guy who has been obese his whole life its really a long jump

Was thinking the same thing. And i found that video. Thx guys for reassuring my thoughts

I have been explaining to my girlfriend a lot of these things especially about body composition and how the number on the scale may not be changing but you are still losing fat and gaining muscle and I have been telling her that it’s noticeable but she always worried about that number but now she sees the progress and that’s kind of what I wanna do I mean I wanna drop to at least 200 lbs I’m currently 215 but I wanna gain muscle as well.. so this was so helpful

That was awesome. Cheers!

I love the detailing ❤

This is great stuff

I can confirm body re-composition takes time and and patience and is harder to reap motivation from in the short to mid term. My weight has only dropped by 10lb in 15 months of hard training and great nutrition. But.... I also hit a 80kg strict press for 3 reps. And..... my waist size went down 3 sizes....

💯 Extremely helpful and simple. Learning this shit can make your head spin

Love your advice guys I do full body and phasing because of your channels .

Although I agree with a lot of what was said, sustainability is always in the hands of the individual. Self control is key!

This was right on time for me.

This is great content 😀!

I’ve used the photo in the exact way that Adam is talking about. Started at 245 and now down to 188 and feel like the scale just isn’t moving. Pulled up some pics from 2 months ago and compared them to pics taken recently and couldn’t believe the difference

Love this. Not just about the pounds but measurements. When I started eating better and lifting weights my body shape totally changed but I gained 5 pounds. Muscle weighs more than fat

Thank you for your share guys

This was GOLD! I think weight for a lot of us in the military is due to the stigma of being “taped” for not passing height/weight.

I cut 30 pounds of fat last year and gained a few pounds of muscle at the same time. Went from 28% 68lbs muscle mass to 18% 72lbs muscle by hiking my protein intake and cutting the empty calories. Prolly killed my gains by thinking the more days I workout the better and by doing splits but with what I’ve learned here and trying to figure out a good full body program I need to get back to the grind.

great video thanks

This was good advice 👌 I lost about 20 lbs in 6 months, then my weight stalled at 160 Lbs for 6 more months. In the last 6 months i dropped over 5% body fat, increased all my lifts, decreased my waist... and all that with a minimal change in diet. I'd say the only significant change I've done is to stop drinking juices and pop. I've gone to diet soda and 0 calorie drinks... It's tough because it doesn't appear impressive and it's not super encouraging to see a static scale. But the best you can do is to build that strength foundation as you cut fat. Same with cardio... don't go all out just to see the scale moving. Incorporate some cardio and get good and healthy at it as you build strength.

New sub this show is great!!

Such good info!

Definitely going through this right now. It took 11 weeks to see any noticeable change.

New to channel!! Priceless

Crap, I wish u guys had ur show in the 90s. My life would of been different. Thank you u guys for been so informative & sharing ur experiences, keep it up🤘👍🙏

One simple word… Maingaining-Dr. Greg

This helped a lot

Consistency beats intensity 💪

I literally had a friend tell me they didn’t care if it was muscle or fat they lost, they just wanted to lose the weight. She lost weight really fast and I remember going through the same phase. I lost weight because I was in a calorie deficit(without knowing), I wasn’t eating properly or working out to maintain/build muscle. I looked slim with no shape! Now, I weigh my food, calculate my maintenance calories, I’m in a calorie deficit and lift 3 days a week. I shortened my cardio, not eliminated it. When I do a good amount of cardio on a deficit I lose a tremendous amount of weight fast, pretty sure it’s muscle mass. I’m talking about 2lbs/week. Now, when I lift it stays steady at about .5-1lbs per week. I also don’t feel like I’m starving. Through watching countless professional fitness workout videos I’ve learned about reps to failure and just benefiting from the food I eat to how my workouts are done. I’ve never felt almost every muscle in my body while working out until now. It’s definitely a slow and steady race, but it’s more realistic and consistent than just doing straight cardio or circuit training. Education is key, take the time to learn for anyone who may think it’s a difficult journey.

blardy damn good! and realistic strategy for long run great foresight !

I've been doing this for the last year. I feel I benefit the most with recomping. Normally I would just go by my macros I wouldn't say I dirty bulk but I do include takeaway once a week . I've found that for me I'll bulk for 6 months while minimising fat gain and then for the next 4 months after I'll recomp. I'll carb cycle with Maximum protein intake . No change in my workout still using moderate to heavy weight. I'll do 2 days low 2 days high then repeat . It's worked wonders. Just don't get too caught up about the scale. If it stays the same your going in the right direction.

It’s called the shiny object syndrome when People are looking for immediate results . Turtle wins the race.

Stuck at 215 for a couple months now but I still see my body changing. Picture a week tip helps

The challenge also depends on what your body type is ...but do as they say, cut out the empty calories, lower your fat intake to a minimum of 35 grams a day and replace the calories with protein and do cardio most days (walking, etc)

A simple strategy that works and that you can adhere to is what you need. For example, buy yourself a kettlebell, put it a bagpack, walk 30 minutes to a park or a nice place, do some swings (increase the volume progressively), put that kettlebell back in the bagpack and go back home.

Cardio, strength or hypertrophy training and lots of consistency.

I fucken love your guys's show. I used to weigh 285lb mind you I am 4 ft 11... now I am 150 lb and very happy but my body is not. I feel so so weak physically & I want the little fats areas to get toned too. So I've been studying & trying to do good for my body & everything you guys say makes so much sense! Thank you so much, my body already feels better & can't wait to build muscle to feel stronger & healthier & why not lose alil more fat. Love you guys. THANKS

When I dropped 30 lbs I did 0% cardio in the pandemic time. Was just eating more nutrition and still going pretty heavy in my lifts. I dropped 5 inches of stomach. From a 36 to a 31 waist. Too much cardio or dripping weight fast is not good.

Thanks needed it, I am feeling strong and could feel muscle mass, but weight is not reducing.

So true my PT is doing the exact same thing and it’s been a few weeks and I have not loss any weight since the beginning or earlier part of the mouth and been the same on the weight scale but feel and look a little different on my body

Hi I have been a fan of Mind Pump for a while. I have a question I'd like to ask you guys, how do I go about that?

The Examle about build house fast or slow???I use the same exaple good to see there is a master coaches say the samething make me feel good.You guy are awsome btw Thanks for advices

Amazing content😮

Nice video!

Something folks dont realize too is when eating clena it can take a few weeks even a solid month before you get over the intiial plateau of your body adjusting to a new diet. You have to give it at least 2 to 3 months of hardcore focus. A lot of people give up right at or before 1 month thinking its not working--

Subscribed!!!!

I like the no bs on this channel.

Circuit training is not only for Cardio, you can do a strength circuit. I really like strength circuits, when I train at home I only do circuits because it gives me a better pump. At the Gym I do opposing Supersets (Like a Squat with a Military press), because there I am already more pumped than at home and Circuits are generally not workable in Gyms 😎

Lift heavy, eat a lot, and a lot of cardio. As you can see from my profile picture I’ve done it and worked fine

This is an awesome conversation. I’ve been listening to you, Revelia, and Norton specifically and have lost 40lbs since 1 January from the notes I’ve taken. Started with Müller equation, calculated a 1% body weight loss each week, played around with the activity modifiers for a month until I found a modifier that fit my weight loss best (as close to 100% predicted), then took all those calories out of 5 days of eating with 2 days at current maintenance. 1g protein/lb goal weight, 40g of fiber daily (both minimums), eat 30-40g of fat per day for hormones, and the rest carbs (not much on low days). Take creatine, vitamin D, ZMA, DIM, ashwaganda, multivitamin, and glucosamine/MSM. I love those calories on maintenance days! I do a push/pull/leg split with cardiovascular training (5mi runs w/2mi sprint intervals mixed in) 2x per week and take 2 days of active recovery where I just walk at a 6% incline for an hour. I go for 10k steps per day. All this with a hernia (wear a hernia belt) that keeps getting it’s repair postponed. 40lbs down in under 80 days and only 4lb of it has been lean mass. This is ahead of schedule and coming back from a rotator cuff (and ego) injury. I just turned 43. Brain on, get disciplined, work hard, fuck excuses.

Actually muscles are also denser than fat so they might be looking kinda slimmer but their weight has stayed the same and their strength increased.