Are diet breaks a waste of time? Article pic related says so but one problem with the study used is that it was only 6 weeks long. A 6 week cut is very short and it usually takes like 12-16 weeks (3-4 months) before you start to get really tired of cutting and get what they called "diet fatigue" >We recruited 54 strength-trained women to perform a 6-week fat loss diet with a 25% energy deficit.>The regular diet group performed the cut in one go. The diet break group took 2 diet break weeks with maintenance energy intake after weeks 2 and 4. >Since the diet break group trained for 2 additional weeks, the diet break group performed slightly fewer sets per session to equate the total training volumes during the study between the groups. Is this also a problem with the study? When you cut in real life you do not do even less volume because you do diet breaks, (you might even do try to keep your volume high since you are doing breaks to begin with), yet in this study they reduce the volume which can negatively influence muscle retention. After the diet period, we assessed the changes in their body composition (via ultrasound scanning as well as at-home BIA), metabolic rate (RMR), hunger level, ease of sticking to the diet and their eating behaviors. We also monitored these psychological variables each week during the cut.>What we found>The diet breaks didn’t achieve a damn. There were no significant differences between the groups for changes over time in their body composition, resting metabolic rate, or seven of the eight measured eating behavior variables, including ease of sticking to the diet, hunger and motivation to continue the diet. 1. It was only 6 weeks long, this is to short a time frame for a study like this 2. One group reduced volume which can influence muscle and strength retention.
What do you think about this study and the conclusions of this article? What are your experience with diet breaks? Do they just waist time or do they help to maintain gains and lead to a better result when the cut is done?
just cut anon
permacut until 12%
>>76583137Lets say you are cutting from 25% to 12%. That is like 15kg+ weight loss. Does it make sense to for example first lose 10kg, and take a break at 15%, then cut another 2-3 months down to 10-12%?
>>76583250Nta but unless you're taking a 6-12 month break there wouldn't be any real difference, so just lose all the weight then try to keep it off
>>76583261Ok. But many people recommend diet breaks like Mike Israetel and Eric Helms etc
