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No. 04 — Training System · Lift Through the CutLean Start Beginner · 8 Weeks · Lift + Walk · Full-body
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Lean Start

Eight weeks of training built for a fat-loss phase — lift to keep the muscle while a modest deficit does the fat-burning.

LevelBeginner
Length8 Weeks
ScheduleLift + walk
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Lift to keep muscle
Conditioning finishers
A steps engine
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The program

Most beginners who diet end up smaller, softer versions of themselves. Lean Start fixes that: you lift to hold every ounce of muscle while a modest deficit does the fat-burning, and you walk to make the deficit easier to keep.

For beginners in a fat-loss phase who want to keep the muscle they have.

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How it runs

The arc
01Set upDial the deficit and the steps.
02–05Lift + walkTrain to hold muscle; walk to widen the deficit.
06–07PushKeep lifting heavy as the fat falls.
08ReassessJudge the trend, not the day.
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What's inside

01Lift to keep muscleThree full-body sessions in a deficit.
02Conditioning finishersCarries, intervals, the bike.
03A steps engineDaily steps that widen the deficit.
04The deficit plateProtein-led, paired with The Starter Deficit.
05The trend trackerJudge the weekly average, not the day.
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The science

Lean Start is built on what we publish in Studies. Read the evidence behind the method, then come back and put it to work.

Make it a system

The Beginner step of the Get Lean path. See the path →
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