Adam Schafer

Well, I think this point and another one you have to come are the reasons that led us to doing the undulating the calories even within the week.

Totally.

It's because we found that if I could get a high-calorie day for that client, it would not only sustain them for that day, but even the next day for their workout, it would be the next two or three days that we went low that they might have it.

So at least every week we get a couple of really good workouts versus if I was in a deficit with a client for five weeks, we were just dragging out.

We felt weak.

We felt tired.

We felt unmotivated to come to the gym.

Really tough to power through that.

I do.

But he lost no muscle.

How could I forget?

His before and after pictures were crazy.

Yes, yes.

He looked phenomenal.

Well, you have to explain that a little bit deeper, too, Sal, what's going on when we are in a sustained deficit over time.

Because the old theory or myth that we believed was, oh, your body's eating muscle.

It's burning muscle.

Yeah, for energy.

Yeah, for energy.

And it's like, that wasn't the case.