Justin Andrews

Yeah, this is OK. This is difficult because I need to know the person that I'm talking to, because if it was somebody who's like a hard gainer that they already struggle with hitting their maintenance calories or in a surplus, then I'm encouraging them to probably increase calories and pay attention to that every which way they can.

But the average person who's just kind of maybe going through a mini bulk or like, oh, I've decided to go in a slight surplus right here and you're trying to figure this out. If you whatever you've decided is your surplus, let's say there's a day where you burn more calories because you are just more active. That's OK. It's not like it changes what ends up happening.

But the average person who's just kind of maybe going through a mini bulk or like, oh, I've decided to go in a slight surplus right here and you're trying to figure this out. If you whatever you've decided is your surplus, let's say there's a day where you burn more calories because you are just more active. That's OK. It's not like it changes what ends up happening.

But the average person who's just kind of maybe going through a mini bulk or like, oh, I've decided to go in a slight surplus right here and you're trying to figure this out. If you whatever you've decided is your surplus, let's say there's a day where you burn more calories because you are just more active. That's OK. It's not like it changes what ends up happening.

And this is I explain this in my little docuseries I did. We're in a month's time that especially that first month I built. I think I built four or five pounds of muscle and I lost weight. almost 20 pounds of fat. Well, how is that possible? Because we know you can't burn body fat and build muscle at the same exact time. Well, that's because it wasn't happening exact same time.

And this is I explain this in my little docuseries I did. We're in a month's time that especially that first month I built. I think I built four or five pounds of muscle and I lost weight. almost 20 pounds of fat. Well, how is that possible? Because we know you can't burn body fat and build muscle at the same exact time. Well, that's because it wasn't happening exact same time.

And this is I explain this in my little docuseries I did. We're in a month's time that especially that first month I built. I think I built four or five pounds of muscle and I lost weight. almost 20 pounds of fat. Well, how is that possible? Because we know you can't burn body fat and build muscle at the same exact time. Well, that's because it wasn't happening exact same time.

In that month, there was periods where I was a little bit in a surplus and there were periods when I was a little bit in a deficit. And so there was times when my body was anabolic and times when my body's catabolic. So there's times with this person who's trying to build muscle, so long as they're in a surplus most of the time or a lot of the time, they're going to gain.

In that month, there was periods where I was a little bit in a surplus and there were periods when I was a little bit in a deficit. And so there was times when my body was anabolic and times when my body's catabolic. So there's times with this person who's trying to build muscle, so long as they're in a surplus most of the time or a lot of the time, they're going to gain.

In that month, there was periods where I was a little bit in a surplus and there were periods when I was a little bit in a deficit. And so there was times when my body was anabolic and times when my body's catabolic. So there's times with this person who's trying to build muscle, so long as they're in a surplus most of the time or a lot of the time, they're going to gain.

And the few times that they're a little bit in a deficit, they'll probably lose a little bit of body fat. Yeah. especially if it's not a crazy amount of a deficit for an extended period of time. And so it's not something that I would ever, I've ever worried about myself or with a client like, Oh, you burn an extra 200 calories a day. Make sure you bump your calories 200 more even day.

And the few times that they're a little bit in a deficit, they'll probably lose a little bit of body fat. Yeah. especially if it's not a crazy amount of a deficit for an extended period of time. And so it's not something that I would ever, I've ever worried about myself or with a client like, Oh, you burn an extra 200 calories a day. Make sure you bump your calories 200 more even day.

And the few times that they're a little bit in a deficit, they'll probably lose a little bit of body fat. Yeah. especially if it's not a crazy amount of a deficit for an extended period of time. And so it's not something that I would ever, I've ever worried about myself or with a client like, Oh, you burn an extra 200 calories a day. Make sure you bump your calories 200 more even day.

It's like, we've decided your caloric maintenance is here. We've decided this is your goal calories. I'm not worried if that day you had, it does seem like splitting hairs, right?

It's like, we've decided your caloric maintenance is here. We've decided this is your goal calories. I'm not worried if that day you had, it does seem like splitting hairs, right?

It's like, we've decided your caloric maintenance is here. We've decided this is your goal calories. I'm not worried if that day you had, it does seem like splitting hairs, right?

And now you're trying to use your tool to measure every different kind of workout. And you're like, oh, that workout burned that many. So now I get to eat this more. It's like, dude, it doesn't have to be that complicated.

And now you're trying to use your tool to measure every different kind of workout. And you're like, oh, that workout burned that many. So now I get to eat this more. It's like, dude, it doesn't have to be that complicated.

And now you're trying to use your tool to measure every different kind of workout. And you're like, oh, that workout burned that many. So now I get to eat this more. It's like, dude, it doesn't have to be that complicated.

So I'm going to, I'm going to give some generic, but very specific advice to the audience that I've never have in regards to this, that I think aligns with this. We've said before on the podcast that, that we think that almost everybody, if not everybody, should at least one period of time in the year run like a performance or a symmetry type of program, right, to address all that.