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Hey Mike. I wanted to get your opinion on something. I have been working along in my ISSA book (btw, I will take the exam as soon as I get my CPR certification next month), and I was a little surprised by Hatfield's notion that you can gain muscle and lose weight at the same time.

I dont know if he had the same diet plan published in your edition of the book. Anyways he recommends cycling calories during the week, so that some days you eat less and others more. Than supposedly if you do more days with less calories, you will lose fat while gaining muscle.

I have not seen anyone make that claim before. It confused me to the point where i have no idea what the heck to advise people. I mean, it goes totally against the traditional cutting vs bulking phases.

Anyways, I dont know if you have given this much consideration but I would appreciate any input you might have on it.

Thanks,
Alin

Good for you for taking the test, Al.

I don't really buy into Dr. Squat's theory very much except for the cycling calories part...but for different reasons. I am sure you have noticed that he has a lot of great theories, but he also has some that are sorta off the beaten path lol.

How I've always worked out and learned is that your body isn't a hybrid and cutting and bulking require 2 different kinds of training/calorie distributions. Where I believe in cycling calories is the high and low days because of keeping the body tricked and eating less calories on off days simply because of the lack of activity.

It's just one of many many theories lol. I say just continue to do what works for you and don't try to re-write the basics.

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(Rating: 5) Thanks for answering. Actually I had reasoned things kind of similarly. The separate phases always seemed to yield better results. Anyways, great answer.
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