Strength increase=muscle increase?

[jabo]

I know gaining strength Dosent always equal muscle gain but if I was consistently gaining strength during my cut in most sets and never lost strength is it safe say I didn't lose any muscle? Is strength a decent indicater of muscle gain?

I don't have extra money for dexa scans or water testing so I'm looking for the next best thing to track progress.

 

[bullets69]

Its possible to gain significant strength just through increase neural efficiency. One crude way to estimate changes in bodyfat % is to see how many chin-ups you can do.

 

[weighted chinup]

Maintaining strength in the gym during a cut is one of the best methods of maintaining LBM while in a deficit. If you were able to maintain all of your strength while cutting then I would say that your cut was very successful.

 

[dnoyez]

What he said.Strength oriented training during a cut is best to maintain lbm..in my opinion.

 

[Docd187123]

You could have just as easily improved your neural efficiency to maintain strength.