What is maintenance?
Why does the scale go up in maintenance?
What are normal maintenance fluctuations?
Why is maintenance harder than a cut?
How do you know you’re lifting heavy enough to build muscle in maintenance?
How long do I have to stay in maintenance before another cut?
How can I increase my maintenance calories?
Can I track progress in maintenance without the scale?
Do I have to reverse diet or can I jump right into maintenance?
And more…
“One thing I don’t think people really understand is just how much progress you can make in maintenance – how it’s going to affect your strength, your recovery, your mood, your sleep. It can do so much to improve your lifestyle.”
- Brooke Madigan
“We are fluctuating humans.”
- IrisDeadlifts
This week on Tater Talks: Two Bitches Talk Fitness:
· What is caloric maintenance and how does it work?
· Why is maintenance harder than a cut?
· How long do I have to stay in maintenance?
· Tracking progress without the scale
· How to find maintenance
· Increasing maintenance calories
· Reverse dieting to maintenance
Resources Mentioned:
· Susan Niebergall Fitness on Instagram
· Confidence is an Inside Job, Outside our Comfort Zone with LiftingLindsay
· IrisDeadlifts illustration of maintenance weight vs end of diet weight
· IrisDeadlifts Reel on maintenance fluctuations
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