Is is okay to do different things that aren't gym in order to lose weight and not lose muscle at the same time?

[Mappa20]

Hey guys, I recently started playing squash, road cycling and padel, and I split them across my Monday - Friday week. on the Weekends, I rest on Saturday and Gym on Sunday. Im not sure if i should keep this up or increase my visits to the gym more often. Im really enjoying the sports, and want to do tennis as well.

 

[AinsleyHarriott]

Yeah that's fine. As long as your calorie intake is below maintenance you should be all good.

 

[FortuneFaded]

Generally if you want to retain as much muscle as possible during a cut or weight loss, then you should add as much resistance training (weights) as possible.
You should also very cognizant of your protein intake. Eat at least 150g of protein a day to help prevent muscle loss - but this advice is normally hand in hand with a strong resistance training regime.

I would say 3x times a week weight training should be enough to reduce muscle loss.

 

[Freeman]

Do physical activities you enjoy and don't overeat. Anything else is not maintainable in the long run. That being said, if your appearance really matters to you then resistance training wins every time.

 

[TheJudge]

Used to play squash (very badly) at school and also when I started at university. You shed weight quick (not just water) but just watch the knees and give yourself some kind of gap to recover.

 

[Truth_Alone_Triumphs]

Generally if you want to retain as much muscle as possible during a cut or weight loss, then you should add as much resistance training (weights) as possible.
You should also very cognizant of your protein intake. Eat at least 150g of protein a day to help prevent muscle loss - but this advice is normally hand in hand with a strong resistance training regime.

I would say 3x times a week weight training should be enough to reduce muscle loss.

wow. 150g of protein every day? Very curious - have you tried it with, say 30g per day and did results really measurably vary in your case?

 

[ultimate]

wow. 150g of protein every day? Very curious - have you tried it with, say 30g per day and did results really measurably vary in your case?

This guy uses research to back his view nice to watch when bored.

I think my biggest advise would be take it as slow as possible when losing weight( 250-500 cal deficit). Rather change fat with mussel if the Kg number doesn't mean anything to you . I think no mater what you are losing weight will also have a marginal loss of mussel thus the saying Mass moves mass. but protein surely helps not sure how much. And gym is not necessary to build muscled if you are doing other thing its just nice to focus on isolated muscle groups.