Dreamer
Gold Member
Hi everyone. I'm not new (to minimins or vlcds) however, I still have some confusion about exercise on vlcd, especially strength exercises. My muscles are very week, to the point that at times I stop exercising, I put on weight quite easily and I have little muscle to burn fat with. What I wanted to know is, can you build muscle whilst in calorie deficit? Is it worth strength training still? Or should I stop? I really want to build up some core strength (and not be over 50% fat, because I feel like only half a person). The other thing about exercising on vlcd is that in the past I've found this seems to slow my losses down (1.5-2lbs a week instead of around 3lbs a week without exercise on average). Has anyone else had this problem?