How More Muscle Supports Fat Loss


Welcome to the Look Great Naked Newsletter!

In this edition:

  • Muscle Growth vs Fat Loss: The Underrated Link
  • The Real Strength Shortcut
  • Why "I Blew It" Isn’t the End
  • Eating Intentionally: 3 Quick Wins
  • Client Win of the Week: Jason’s Photoshoot Push

Muscle Growth Causes Fat Loss? New Study Says Yes

For years, we’ve known muscle mass helps maintain fat loss.

But a new paper from Sports Medicine (June 2025) titled “Effects of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy on Fat Mass and Glucose Homeostasis in Humans and Animals: A Narrative Review with Systematic Literature Search suggests something even more powerful:

Muscle growth itself causes fat loss.

Here’s why:

  1. Muscle changes how your body uses calories. It improves insulin sensitivity and nutrient partitioning.
  2. It increases your resting energy expenditure. Meaning: you burn more calories even at rest.
  3. It makes fat gain harder. The more muscle you have, the better your metabolic health, and the easier it is to stay lean.

The takeaway? Stop obsessing over short-term weight loss. Start focusing on sustainable muscle gain. Because stronger, more muscular people don’t just look better—they burn fat easier, train harder, and stay leaner long term.

⚡Earn The Right To Progress

Most people skip straight to advanced workouts without earning the right.

Big mistake.

If you want visible muscle and lean definition, build your base first: get strong.

Strength training:

  • Signals your body to preserve lean mass during fat loss
  • Improves muscle fiber recruitment (so you actually train all your muscle)
  • Increases total training volume (more weight x more reps = more muscle)

Here’s how to do it right:
How To Get Stronger — Strength Training Guide

How are You Eating?

At your next meal, I want you to slow down and ask yourself—am I eating with intention, or just clearing my plate out of habit?

It takes about 20 minutes for your body’s hunger and fullness signals to fully register. So if you rush through your meal, you're more likely to overshoot your actual needs—and miss the chance to feel truly satisfied.

Instead, try this:
✅ Put your fork down between bites.
✅ Chew slower.
✅ Notice the textures, the taste, the way your body responds.

Eating is a skill, just like training. The more present you are, the more control and confidence you build with food. Let’s practice that skill today.

🎤 Quote of the Week:

“Methods are many. Principles are few. Methods may change. Principles never do.”
— Alwyn Cosgrove

Intermittent fasting. Keto. Macros. These are methods.

But the principle behind them? Calorie control.

Understand principles, and you’ll cut through noise and nonsense with ease.

🧨 Client Win of the Week: Jason Borycki

Big shoutout to Jason Borycki—finishing his final cut phase like a machine. 🔥

At 49, Jason came in already in shape. Now? He’s shredding the last few pounds, getting photoshoot-ready, and earning every rep.

After this push, we pivot to lean muscle gain—with a higher calorie intake and zero fat gain.

The lesson? Advanced phases aren’t just physical—they’re mental. Jason’s proof that showing up with intention builds real, lasting change.

If you’re ready to play the long game—and win?

Apply for Coaching Now…

Have a strong week,
Eric Bach

Hey, I'm Eric, the founder of Bach Performance

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