whats a good diet to lose weight but not lose strength

[injured44]

i wanna lose 10 pounds and get down to 190ish
can i lose 2 pounds a week and lose no strength??
what kind of diet is best ???

[Bad Company]

Sure man, strength and muscle are 2 different things.

[gixxer2184]

Sure man, strength and muscle are 2 different things.

Can you have muscular strength without muscles? No. You can maintain your muscular strength and/or might even gain some if you don't try to lose too much weight by killing ur caloric intake. 2lbs a wk ain't bad, count ur calories.

[TheNormalMan]

Muscle strength is based on two factors, the nervous system and the size of the muscle fibers. When individuals begin a strength training program, 98% of all muscle gains in the first few months are largely a result of the nervous system adapting to the weights. It's only in the later months and years of training that hypertrophy of the muscle fibers begins to account for a significant portion of the strength gains.

To answer your question more directly, yes, it is very possible to cut fat and maintain/gain muscle strength at the same time. I've only been seriously training with weights again for about 10 weeks and all my lifts right now are already stronger than I was at my peek in 2006 after about 7-8 months of lifting. I believe I am stronger now this time around even though my muscle gain has been minimal since I'm operating on such a large calorie deficit is that I've been training very intensely every time I lift and always giving it all my all no matter what lift I do.

So if you want to maintain/gain strength while cutting, lift as hard and as heavy as you can and you'll be fine. It's worked great for me so far.