Rhonda Patrick· PhD
You cannot, however, maximize muscle mass while you are losing fat, so, this is important. If your goal is to go into, let's say, a mass-gaining cycle where you want to...let's say, bodybuilders do this or strength athletes, and your goal is to maximize muscle development, you're at the very minimum going to need to be at maintenance, and generally you're going to need to be in a small surplus where you're going to gain a little bit, at least some amount of fat.