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Managing Recomposition Regression
How to balance body composition and life in the best way for you
When you hit your target body composition, you want to be able to maintain it while ideally progressing your strength, fitness and mobility over time. As we discussed over the previous weeks, there is the option to maintain or increase physical activity, which allows energy intake to be increased and often helps with adherence over time.
But it’s inevitable that you will see some regression in body composition at some stage. It might be due to injury or illness that compromises your ability to undertake physical activity, or the routine might be interrupted by family, work and other commitments.
When this happens, you know what to do. Track the 3F’s — food, fluid and fitness — and make adjustments to align energy balance with your needs. What I want to discuss today is some of the challenges of managing body composition and share the different ways to do it.
There are broadly three ways to maintain body composition. Remember that the cumulative impact of energy balance will determine any changes. So whether you eat 2400kcal every day for a month or alternate between 2000kcal and 2400kcal per day, the outcome will be the same.
