do muscles rebuild on a cut..?

[gs425e]

if you cannot build muscle on a calorie defecit...do your muscles actually repair the micro tears in your muscle by weight training on a cut..?

do they go unrepaired until a bulk..? even thou protein is kept high..?

[Tmax55]

Does an abrasion heal during a cut?

Yes they rebuild micro tears on a cut, but there is not enough calories to maintain your weight so you really won't build any new muscle unless you are very high in fat.

[Do_Somethin]

Does anybody have an appropriate facepalm pic?

[jobronze]

OP, I actually wondered this myself and I'm curious the science behind it. Technically you are contributing to a negative nitrogen balance while lifting. What's to stop your body from taking those broken down proteins and using them for needed energy?

But anecdotally, we clearly see people can maintain almost all LBM on a "smart" deficit. So the body must be just recycling itself. And I'd figure better genetics for recycling equals more kept gainz.

[Jtbny]

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around does it bake a cake?