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Originally Posted by
Tom Narvaez
Lean Gains is nothing more than an eating schedule that often prompts spontaneous compliance to useful calorie levels. If you're actually going to count macros, it doesn't necessarily matter when you consume them. High calorie, and high carb days especially, are particularly useful for longer term diets. Lean Gains incorporates refeeds which serve the same purpose. There is no magic in Lean Gains. If you're not counting, and it still works for you, it is because the change in habits has led to a spontaneous improvement in consumption patterns. That is it. If you seek further improvements beyond this, you'll have to optimize.