Legion Kreinak2
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Not going against the grain here because I agree one must consume adequate calories, especially protein, in order to grow. However, I was thinking the other day, and wanted to know what you guys thought.
Firstly, you need enough calories to grow.
Secondly, you're muscles are said to grow and adapt so long as you're progressively adding weight (because that's what the human body does, is adapts)
Assuming you're lifting between 5-12 reps (anything for muscular strength rather than neural) and each week progressing in weight, even if you're not eating adequate calories, wouldn't you grow? Considering there's a progressive load to which the body must adapt.
True, progress can and will eventually halt, but I've gone for a month straight eating sub-par calories (not on purpose, just sort of happened) and managed to continue to add weight to all my lifts (except curls).
Firstly, you need enough calories to grow.
Secondly, you're muscles are said to grow and adapt so long as you're progressively adding weight (because that's what the human body does, is adapts)
Assuming you're lifting between 5-12 reps (anything for muscular strength rather than neural) and each week progressing in weight, even if you're not eating adequate calories, wouldn't you grow? Considering there's a progressive load to which the body must adapt.
True, progress can and will eventually halt, but I've gone for a month straight eating sub-par calories (not on purpose, just sort of happened) and managed to continue to add weight to all my lifts (except curls).