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What is Maintenance Phase?
Eating at maintenance calories to hold your current physique.
In context
Maintenance Phase is a key concept in bodybuilding. Eating at maintenance calories to hold your current physique. 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.
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Related bodybuilding terms
Common questions.
What does maintenance phase mean?
Eating at maintenance calories to hold your current physique.
What category does maintenance phase belong to?
Maintenance Phase is a term from bodybuilding in strength and fitness training. Browse more bodybuilding terms in the Nishaana glossary.
Why does maintenance phase matter for training?
Understanding maintenance phase 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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