Can you still gain muscle in a calorie defecit with a high protein intake?

[Cammg95]

If you can sustain a lifting program and eat a caloric deficit, your body will be able to pull from its fat stores to both fuel itself and potentially build muscle mass.

Is this true?

[air2fakie]

The general answer to the Q in the title of this thread is Yes. Keep in mind the answer could change depending on the amount of the deficit.

[AdamWW]

If you can sustain a lifting program and eat a caloric deficit, your body will be able to pull from its fat stores to both fuel itself and potentially build muscle mass.

Is this true?

If you have a good amount of fat to lose, yes

[desslok]

Short answer, it depends

[Strawng]

If you have a good amount of fat to lose, yes

Short answer, it depends

The general answer to the Q in the title of this thread is Yes. Keep in mind the answer could change depending on the amount of the deficit.

All of these. It really has a lot more to do with your current body fat percentage (the higher the more likely you are to gain muscle) & how long you've been training than how much protein you eat provided you're consistently hitting at least 0.8-1g per lb or so.

[Mrpb]

If you can sustain a lifting program and eat a caloric deficit, your body will be able to pull from its fat stores to both fuel itself and potentially build muscle mass.

Is this true?

Yes. A beginner with higher body fat can do it very well. The more advanced and leaner one becomes, the smaller the potential to do so.

If you have a good amount of fat to lose, yes

As you may already know even lean people can do it. They won't be able to pull it off for very long though.

[TolerantLactose]

As you may already know even lean people can do it. They won't be able to pull it off for very long though.

On this forum, I find "if you have to ask" to be a good mindset in shaping an answer.

[Mrpb]

On this forum, I find "if you have to ask" to be a good mindset in shaping an answer.

I don't know, maybe he's just a beginner who first heard the old myth that you must bulk to gain muscle and now doesn't know what to believe anymore.