directly responsible for the increase of protein synthesis .
Here ’ s the tricky part though … if your carb intake is too high , once your glycogen stores are full , insulin will then store the leftover glycogen as fat . The days of bulking up and becoming noticeably fat in the off-season are long gone !
A better understanding of nutrition
Today , we have a much better understanding of how the body works . A body grows muscle much faster on a lean physique .
In fact , if you get really fat it ’ s extremely difficult to gain any muscle . Here ’ s how it works … Muscle and fat both have receptors for insulin- the more muscle you carry the more receptors you have to store carbs as glycogen in the muscle . The more fat you carry , the more receptors you have to store fat .
When your body fat percentage gets to high , your body will favour fat storage by releasing more insulin . A fatter person could eat a 500-calorie meal and release more insulin than a lean person who eats the same meal .
The more insulin released , the more likely it is that you will store more fat .
So , the best way to grow lean muscle is to eat clean , but only eat sufficient carbs to grow without letting your body fat percentage get out of control .
For those of you who ’ ve competed and got super lean , this is why after the show you can binge on junk food for weeks before you start getting fat . But then when you do start to gain fat- you gain fat quick .
Eat clean . Gain clean . Gain fast .
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