MyoKinetics

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There are 3 main factors that will usually influence muscle growth; your genetics your training and protein intake. The last 2 factors when it comes to muscle growth are modifiable and can be easily changed once identified as your limiting factor. The first may have set a ceiling for you; however genetic is almost never reached and its limitation can be improved through consistency and dedication.◀️swipe left to learn more ◀️
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Your genetics will dictate how fast your muscle grows based on many factors like muscle fiber types, capacity for muscle growth limb length, metabolism, and protein turnover or if you simply are a non/low responder to exercise. Identifying genetic limitations can help you put specific attention on your training to limit the effect they have. For example, if you have a higher than normal metabolism and you just can’t seem to put on size; eat more. Or your arms are longer causing them to put on mass slower; train them more.
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Next you are not working out at the right intensity or volume respectively. If you’re just going through the motions in the gym and not paying attention you may not be overloading your muscles enough. If your current training isn’t working add more volume through new exercise or more sets. Exercise volume is the key driver of hypertrophy and if you’re not overloading the muscle enough, it won’t grow. Make sure you’re progressively over loading the muscle through the many modifiable factors in training.
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Lastly youre not getting enough protein; Protein is one of the fundamental parts of muscle growth; not getting enough protein can be diminishing your gains. It is not just about getting in protein by grams from all food, when it comes to protein it is crucial to get high quality protein that has a full amino profile. Not all foods are complete protein so pay attention to what you eat. Like in my previous post we learned the threshold for optimal protein intake seems to be around 1.6 g/kg/bw, This is a factor I feel many people don’t stress enough.