Rhonda Patrick· PhD
up to 30% of weight loss can come from muscle in people who do NOT resistance train.
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up to 30% of weight loss can come from muscle in people who do NOT resistance train.
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if you do not lift weights even if you just do cardio you will lose muscle as you're losing body fat evidence shows 25 percent to 30 percent of the weight loss will come from muscles if you don't do resistance treatment