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There are cases of this everywhere you look from the
soccer players with big legs, despite never having increased
their calories to the manual laborer who gains muscle despite
being at a caloric deficit or even maintenance levels just from
his daily work load. Eventually the gains stop for the soccer
player and the manual laborer, though, because they are no
longer following the principle of progressive overload. They
make gains at the beginning despite not eating what “should”
be required for muscle growth but the gains stop once their
bodies have adapted. The only way to induce further muscle
growth would be for the soccer players to increase their
training volume or even practice with a weighted vest on. The
laborer would have to do more work on a daily basis or
increase the average load he is lifting. But regardless of that,
the initial size gains they make do prove that a caloric surplus
is not always a requirement for muscle growth.
Finally, I point to female gymnasts. If you’ve seen them in
the Olympics you know that they all possess exceptionally
muscular physiques despite the fact that they are… well,
teenage girls! That means that they don’t have ultra high
testosterone levels nor do are they sitting down to pro
bodybuilder sized meals every 2-3 hours. They probably eat
healthier than normal teenage girls but the last thing they are
trying to do is gain weight. In this case it’s simply the volume
and frequency of training that has stimulated the muscle
growth. Case in point yet again, that loading in the gym is
more important that loading in the kitchen.
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