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c/glp1muscle·submitted 6 months ago by u/tuva_kirchner

help me understand lean mass, I have read the wiki twice

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help me understand lean mass, I have read the wiki twice. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months. Two scans on the same machine 24 months apart. Lean mass held better than I expected and the lifts told the same story for free. Kept the same programme for a year instead of…

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u/first_pen_fear-33 points·6 months ago

the same DEXA machine or it is not a comparison

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u/hassan_chowdhury1 point·6 months ago

losing weight slower does not automatically preserve more lean mass

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u/dario_boateng1 point·6 months ago

Same. Volume over novelty. Changing programme every six weeks cost me a year.

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u/andres_restrepo1 point·6 months ago

Agreed — protein and resistance training. Everything else in these threads is a rounding error on those two.

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_watch1 point·6 months ago

the same DEXA machine or it is not a comparison

Agreed — and same machine, same conditions, or the two scans are not comparable.

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