You can't build muscle with an empty stomach
It never ceases to amaze me what you can learn by having a short conversation with someone in the gym. Once I talked to a guy nearby for several minutes when I discovered that he was about to work out on an empty stomach.
After eating a decent breakfast, he went through the entire day up until the evening with just a cookie and an orange! By this time it was well into the evening, and he was about to begin his strength training exercises. I was stunned that anyone who was serious about building muscle would actually try to perform some serious weight training exercises on an empty stomach.
When I protested, he assured me that he wasn't even hungry. That may have been the case, but it doesn't mean that it was OK.
It's quite possible that he was telling the truth about not feeling hungry, but that doesn't mean it was OK. In fact, what was probably going on was that his metabolism had slowed down significantly so he simply didn't feel like eating before his workouts.
When you consider the fundamental principles of muscle building, it's easy to see why your body needs a certain amount of calories to grow. You have to give your body the raw materials it needs to build muscle. If you don't get that in your diet, it's simply not going to be able to build muscle.
It's not just about having adequate building materials, either. You also need to have enough energy to perform the workouts in the first place. If you don't perform an intense enough work out, your body will not be stimulated enough to increase muscle mass. With that in mind, it's pretty difficult to perform a heavy workout if you haven't eaten anything all day!
Always remember the basic principles of bodybuilding and muscle building. You simply can't expect to go very far in the gym if you don't have the proper energy requirements fulfilled.
Keep these principles in mind if you're serious about building muscle over the long term. Otherwise, it can be pretty difficult for you to make progress and you may not even know why. - 17269
After eating a decent breakfast, he went through the entire day up until the evening with just a cookie and an orange! By this time it was well into the evening, and he was about to begin his strength training exercises. I was stunned that anyone who was serious about building muscle would actually try to perform some serious weight training exercises on an empty stomach.
When I protested, he assured me that he wasn't even hungry. That may have been the case, but it doesn't mean that it was OK.
It's quite possible that he was telling the truth about not feeling hungry, but that doesn't mean it was OK. In fact, what was probably going on was that his metabolism had slowed down significantly so he simply didn't feel like eating before his workouts.
When you consider the fundamental principles of muscle building, it's easy to see why your body needs a certain amount of calories to grow. You have to give your body the raw materials it needs to build muscle. If you don't get that in your diet, it's simply not going to be able to build muscle.
It's not just about having adequate building materials, either. You also need to have enough energy to perform the workouts in the first place. If you don't perform an intense enough work out, your body will not be stimulated enough to increase muscle mass. With that in mind, it's pretty difficult to perform a heavy workout if you haven't eaten anything all day!
Always remember the basic principles of bodybuilding and muscle building. You simply can't expect to go very far in the gym if you don't have the proper energy requirements fulfilled.
Keep these principles in mind if you're serious about building muscle over the long term. Otherwise, it can be pretty difficult for you to make progress and you may not even know why. - 17269
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