verb
General Slang
maingaining
MAIN-gain-ing · verb · informal
Slowly building muscle at maintenance calories, no bulk/cut.
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Definitions
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Skipping bulk-and-cut cycles by eating at maintenance calories indefinitely while training hard to add muscle slowly and stay lean.
“He's been maingaining for a year and looks better than ever.”
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maingaining In A Sentence
He's been maingaining for a year and looks better than ever.
Origin & Usage
Portmanteau of 'maintaining' and 'gaining' coined in online lifting communities.
People Also Ask
What does maingaining mean?
Maingaining means eating at maintenance calories indefinitely while training hard to add muscle slowly and stay lean, instead of bulking and cutting.
Where did the word maingaining come from?
It's a portmanteau of 'maintaining' and 'gaining' coined in online lifting communities.
How is maingaining different from a recomp?
They're closely related; maingaining is essentially an ongoing, long-term recomp lifestyle rather than a short phase, keeping calories at maintenance year-round.
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