How To Maximize Your Muscle Gains

Putting on muscle gains is a major factor that influences your body (both aesthetically and from a health perspective).

The more muscle you have, the more strength and confidence you have. As the saying goes “Bigger muscles mean more power”.

If you want to grow muscle fast, you need to make sure that your diet is near perfect. You can’t just eat any-old food and expect to build muscle. You need to be eating the right foods and lifting heavy weights for maximum results.

Now, I don’t believe that protein is the magic bullet when it comes to building muscle. But it does play an important role in your muscle-building efforts. You need protein for building new muscle tissue.

There are other points to consider when we’re talking about energy in relation to building muscle. Things like your training level, hormones, sex, and age all play key roles in your ability to build muscle.

But listen up… There’s no shortcut to success. You have to work at it. And then there’s also the mental side of things too. You’ll have to put in some work there as well.

I’m not going to lie, it can be pretty frustrating at times. But if you just keep at it, you’ll get there. You’ll make it.

And so if you’re looking to find out how much muscle you can effectively put on in a month, then…

Go ahead and SMASH that PLAY button right NOW and hang on to your chair as we rev into full speed and tackle this question head on!

Catch you on the other side!

Episode Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro
1:35 – Welcome and Salutations
3:55 – What’s Popping?
7:13 – Meat & Potatoes: How To Maximize Your Muscle Gains
8:07 – How much muscle you can gain in a month
9:48 – Studies that can give you a good idea
13:27 – How to get started with muscle building
15:30 – How cardio fits into your muscle gain routine
16:56 – The best way to burn fat and build muscle at the same time
19:02 – Another critical component of gaining muscle quickly
20:44 – Where do we get energy from?
21:40 – Protein intake recommendation
23:52 – Main factors in the rate of muscle gain
24:24 – Factors that affect beginner trainees
28:23 – Factors that affect intermediate trainees
30:23 – Factors that affect advanced trainees
32:09 – “The Last Dance” example
34:13 – Men have a few advantages over women
36:17 – The woman’s advantage over men
39:33 – How older adults are affected by muscle growth
41:06 – Do supplements help?
42:19 – The tried and true protein powder
44:20 – Creatine – The highly researched supplement
45:26 – HMB – The end product of metabolism
47:21 – The thing with all muscle building supplements
48:28 – The best piece of advice
50:07 – Closing Credits