Reduced appetite makes fuelling a session harder, and that is a practical problem with practical solutions rather than a reason to stop.
This is where my knowledge stops and I would rather mark the edge than blur it.
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Two sessions a week versus four: what the evidence supports — a second dataset
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That matches what I have seen, for whatever a single anecdote is worth.
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s.radich, post #10: Cardiovascular work has its own benefits and is not a substitute for a resistance stimulus for this particular purpose. I keep a log of this specifically because memory is unreliable about it. Go to post
A resistance stimulus during a deficit is the other half of the lean-tissue argument, and the evidence for it is reasonably strong.
Frequency matters less than consistency and progression. Two sessions a week done every week beats four sessions done occasionally.
Flagging that the sources on this are thinner than the confidence in the thread suggests.
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y.ibarra, post #22: Cardiovascular work has its own benefits and is not a substitute for a resistance stimulus for this particular purpose. Go to post
Confirming post #27 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person.
Volume: the number of sets per muscle group per week that supports muscle maintenance is roughly 12 to 18 hard sets. That varies by individual but gives a target range.
I would rather be precise about what I do not know than vague about what I do.
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