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What is Cutting?
Eating in a calorie deficit to lose fat while keeping muscle.
In context
Cutting is a key concept in bodybuilding. Eating in a calorie deficit to lose fat while keeping muscle. Knowing what it means — and how it connects to the rest of your training — turns it from jargon into something you can actually use in the gym.
Nishaana is built around ideas like this: it tracks the numbers behind them automatically, so the theory shows up as real progress in your logbook rather than staying abstract.
Related bodybuilding terms
Common questions.
What does cutting mean?
Eating in a calorie deficit to lose fat while keeping muscle.
What category does cutting belong to?
Cutting is a term from bodybuilding in strength and fitness training. Browse more bodybuilding terms in the Nishaana glossary.
Why does cutting matter for training?
Understanding cutting helps you train and program more deliberately — it is one of the ideas that separates guessing from a real, repeatable system.
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