Marco enrolled in our bulking program (Lean Gains), where we focus solely on muscle growth. That was precisely what we focused on throughout this period, improving his body composition by gaining muscle with minimal fat gain (even though some is inevitable) during all of the process. Since Marco had a very fast metabolism, we had to progressively increase his caloric consumption while always adjusting his macro nutrient consumption accordingly.

Now, Marco is eating 175g of protein, 490g of carbs (25g to40g of which fiber) and 70g of fats and a good portion of the food that he eats in order to fulfill his macro goals contain many essential micro nutrients.

Throughout the coaching program, Marco managed to lose weight (body fat) and still increase muscle mass. Cases like this one are exceptional, because very few are the people who can lose fat during a bulk (even if it’s progressive and the macro nutrient intake is adequate). This situation only happens to people whose metabolisms are very fast, and even then, it’s very rare. So, don’t expect to bulk up and lose weight at the same time. We can’t forget the fact that Marco was already pretty lean, which makes this approach even more adequate.

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When a client of ours, in an initial phase, need to lose fat in order to achieve a good physical condition, this will not be our approach. Even though we know that some people hate to lose volume, we prefer to focus on fat loss first, so that we can the focus on gaining lean muscle mass. This way, we’re able to make our clients finish their coaching programs with less muscle mass than they had before they started to work with us and, especially, be eating much more calories that they could initially while showing a much better physical condition than when they started! So, if you’re interested in doing what Marco did and get started on your transformation, get in touch with us through our  Contacts page.