Question regarding body composition.

Nutrition Q&A [Moderated]
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Hey Jordan,

I was wondering rather or not you could give me some insight on what to do next regarding my nutrition and body composition goals.

First a little information about myself. I’m a male, 26 years old. I’m 5’5 and 180lbs with a waist measurement of 34 inches. I’ve been using your templates for my training for ~2 years now and have gained quite a bit of strength. I’d say I’m fairly well muscled and my best lifts are (in pounds) a 400 squat, 310 bench, 500 deadlift and a 205 overhead press.

Now for my question. My eventual goal is to gain a fair bit more muscle mass while ending up a bit leaner than I am now. I’d like to be around 190-195 with a fairly low body fat percentage. So is it best to try to lose body fat now and then slowly gain muscle mass or should I keep slowly gaining weight and just try to deal with the fat afterwards?

​​​​​​Thanks for taking the time to read this and thanks again if you have any input.
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Ishmael,

I think I’d probably gain some LBM now at a rate of 1-3lbs per month. I don’t know if cutting now would help you get to your goal faster, though if you’re wanting to be leaner right now you could do that too.

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Thanks for you response, Jordan.

​​​I think I’ll follow your advice and keep trying to gain lean body mass a while longer. I’ll be using the muscle gain formula you laid out in your To Be A Beast article as my starting point for my macros. If I find I need to adjust up or down would you recommend +/- a few grams of carbs or should I manipulate fats?

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Sounds like a good plan. I would manipulate both carbohydrates and fats :slight_smile:

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