Doesn't fat help you lift?
When we are in bugerking winter mode, and we are bulking up, strength and power is never better. When we diet, we loose strength. I understand why we loose strength while dieting (low cals, no food in system, loosing water...ect), and technically it isn't the fat that helps you lift, but simply eating alot ensures that your muslces get the most calories possible for growth before and after workouts. THe downside of this is added fat.
So if lets say we were at 20-25% body fat, lifting heavy as hell..all the water ect, and we were to flip a swtich and suddently within minutes be at say...5% bodyfat. Will our muslces be able to lift as much as we would if we were at 20-25% bodyfat? Its the dieting that makes us loose strenght, but if we were to skip that, would we still be able to lift that same amount when bulking ? its our muslces that do the lifting right? so fat has no say in it? What do you guys think?