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Body recomposition

Drop fat. Keep muscle.
Track what actually moves it.

Body recomposition is a slow, steady change in your body’s makeup — less fat, more muscle — at a roughly stable weight. Zabeau puts the three things that drive it in one app: your macros, your training, and your trend line.

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ProteinThe anchor of recomp
TrendNot the daily scale
MonthsThe honest timeline
The basics

What is body recomposition?

Body recomposition — “recomp” for short — means shifting your body’s makeup toward less fat and more muscle while your scale weight stays roughly the same. You’re not chasing a smaller number; you’re changing the ratio underneath it. Three habits drive it, and Zabeau is built to track all three.

Anchor protein

Eat enough protein, daily

Protein gives your body the raw material to hold onto muscle while fat comes down. Hitting it every day is the single habit recomposition rests on.

Train progressively

Ask a little more over time

Adding reps, sets, or load as the weeks pass is the signal that tells your body to keep the muscle it has — and build a bit more.

Read the trend

The curve, not the morning

Scale weight swings daily with water and food. Recomposition shows up as a slow trend over weeks, so you watch the line, not the number.

Built for recomp

Why is Zabeau built for recomposition?

Weight trend line for tracking body recomposition in Zabeau

Recomposition falls apart when your macros live in one app, your workouts in another, and your weight in a third. Nothing can see the whole picture, so nothing can tell you whether it’s working.

Zabeau keeps all three together. Set your calorie and protein targets and log meals in seconds. Run an editable routine and log your sets so you can see progression. Log your weight and read the smoothed trend line instead of reacting to daily noise. Every one of those is free.

Then the AI coach reads all three — your macros, your training, and your trend — and proposes specific, grounded changes you apply in one tap. It keeps you anchored on protein and progression, never shames you, and has guardrails against under-eating. See the full toolkit on the features page.

Recomposition FAQ

The recomp questions

What is body recomposition?

Body recomposition is changing the makeup of your body — losing fat while holding onto or building muscle — while your scale weight stays roughly the same. Instead of chasing a lower number, you shift the ratio underneath it. It rests on two habits: eating enough protein every day and training progressively over time, judged by a slow trend rather than any single day.

Can you really lose fat and gain muscle at the same time?

For many people, yes — especially if you’re newer to lifting, returning after a break, or carrying extra fat to draw on. It tends to be slower than focusing on one goal at a time, and it leans heavily on getting enough protein and training with progression. It’s a gradual shift, not an overnight one, and everyone’s pace is different.

How long does body recomposition take?

Months, not weeks. Recomposition shows up as a slow trend, so the honest answer is that it takes patience and consistency rather than a set number of weeks. Daily weight bounces from water and food, so you judge progress by the direction of the trend over time — not by any one morning on the scale. There’s no promised rate; steady beats fast.

How does Zabeau help with recomposition?

Zabeau puts the three things recomp depends on in one place: your macro and protein targets, your training log, and your weight trend line. The AI coach reads all three of your real numbers, proposes specific plan changes you apply in one tap, and keeps you anchored on protein and progression. It never shames you and has built-in guardrails against under-eating.

Start your recomposition for free

Track your macros, training, and weight trend in one app — free forever. Add an AI coach that reads all three whenever you want one.

Get Zabeau freeOn the App Store & Google Play