Sal Di Stefano

And that consideration is even more important when your calories are low.

So if I have a tendency to overdo it at 3000 calories,

My tendency to overdo it multiplies when I go down to 1,500 calories because I have just less nutrients, less food, less calories.

Recovery agents.

To recover.

So strength training needs to be appropriate.

And what it typically looks like with somebody who's in a sub-calorie diet is less than what it looks like when somebody is in a maintenance caloric diet or a diet where they're trying to build.

Sometimes 12 to 16 weeks.

But they lost 10 pounds of muscle.

It's an extreme analogy, but it just shows.

It is, exactly.

That's right.

100%.

So what strength training would typically look like in a sub-calorie diet for the average person

is not every day hitting the gym, hammering myself.

It's traditional strength training, probably two full body workouts a week or one to two exercises every single day.

This is probably what would be appropriate for this individual and to carefully manage intensity.

And how do you know?

If this is going the right way, you're getting stronger.

This is the best measure of moving in the right direction.