Insulin. Just from a muscle growth standpoint insulin is a big factor. Bracket your workouts with carbs to spike your insulin and you will see a big difference. Of course if being swole is not what you’re going for then it doesn’t matter.
It isn’t the insulin. Its the leptin uptick from coming down from insulin. Which you can up your leptin without spiking your insulin as well by eating high fat and a lot of protein.
It is insulin. Leptin does help regulate body weight and how insulin is used. But insulin is what gets more blood and amino acids(from protein) to your muscles which is what causes them to grow. If your goal is muscle growth, increasing insulin by eating carbs before and after workouts gets you there faster.
No. It doesn’t. This is broscience. Leptin does not regulate insulin first of all lol. Leptin and insulin often have an inverse relationship in maintaining homeostasis. It is the actual uptick in leptin from the downswing in insulin that does this. And the uptick in insulin is NOT necessary to achieve it. Being a system seeking equilibrium, you can uptick your leptin to downswing your insulin, which is what fat adaptation does lol.
Muscle growth is driven by metabolism. Low metabolism will slow muscle growth regardless of your macros. This is why cortisol from lack of sleep fucks you even if you do everything else correct in comparison to a control. Decreasing metabolism for fat storage does not increase muscle growth. Increasing metabolism with abundant energy does this, which is when you have high leptin.
In fact high metabolism and annabolism are not linked. If your leptin is high without proteins, you will just burn muscle faster instead of grow it. It is literally high leptin plus high proteins that build muscles. Insulin builds fat bruh.
You get an insulin response if you enough protein at a time- approx 30g I believe.
Stan efferding adds rice to his diet to lift and you can definitely do this to gain weight. Otherwise you can get enough carbs from fruit and honey.
If you want to lose weight they say to lower protein and add fat because it reduces the insulin response.
That’s true, protein does stimulate an insulin response. It’s more balanced whereas eating carbs stimulates an unbalanced one. That’s why it’s good to have both before and after you lift. If your blood sugar is normal of course.
Low protein and high fat does work to lose weight, including adipose weight which is what most people are after. There’s lots of ways to lose weight though. You could eat 1 bag of skittles every day and lose a shit ton. You would also probably look like shit. Depends on the goal. Some people want to be muscled out and some just want to be thin. There are lots of ways to go about it. And IMO it’s better to track what you’re doing and adjust as needed rather than just doing one thing and rejecting everything else.
Correct. Insulin gets more blood flow and amino acids to your muscles. Muscles that are in repair will grow bigger and faster because of that. Again, it depends on your goals. Timed intake of carbs will help people trying to get bigger muscles. If you’re trying to lose a lot of weight, cutting carbs helps because they are calorie dense.
Everyone you’ll see at Mr. Olympia this year is on insulin injections. Why? Because it gets your muscles big as shit. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, it’s just how it works. You don’t have to go to that extreme to get results for muscle growth. You can do it with diet.
You make the most important point here, some people don’t like lifting weights and don’t want the extra muscle. If that is not your goal don’t do it. Someone can do what you did, still have a body they are proud of, and lose a lot of fat. That’s what matters. Figure out how you want to look and go for it.
Insulin. Just from a muscle growth standpoint insulin is a big factor. Bracket your workouts with carbs to spike your insulin and you will see a big difference. Of course if being swole is not what you’re going for then it doesn’t matter.
Can you elaborate?
This is 100% correct. The body uses insulin to usher amino acids into the muscle cells.
It isn’t the insulin. Its the leptin uptick from coming down from insulin. Which you can up your leptin without spiking your insulin as well by eating high fat and a lot of protein.
It is insulin. Leptin does help regulate body weight and how insulin is used. But insulin is what gets more blood and amino acids(from protein) to your muscles which is what causes them to grow. If your goal is muscle growth, increasing insulin by eating carbs before and after workouts gets you there faster.
No. It doesn’t. This is broscience. Leptin does not regulate insulin first of all lol. Leptin and insulin often have an inverse relationship in maintaining homeostasis. It is the actual uptick in leptin from the downswing in insulin that does this. And the uptick in insulin is NOT necessary to achieve it. Being a system seeking equilibrium, you can uptick your leptin to downswing your insulin, which is what fat adaptation does lol.
Muscle growth is driven by metabolism. Low metabolism will slow muscle growth regardless of your macros. This is why cortisol from lack of sleep fucks you even if you do everything else correct in comparison to a control. Decreasing metabolism for fat storage does not increase muscle growth. Increasing metabolism with abundant energy does this, which is when you have high leptin.
In fact high metabolism and annabolism are not linked. If your leptin is high without proteins, you will just burn muscle faster instead of grow it. It is literally high leptin plus high proteins that build muscles. Insulin builds fat bruh.
Dude you are all over the place. And wrong on a lot of shit. There’s plenty of information on this topic online hopefully people just look it up.
You get an insulin response if you enough protein at a time- approx 30g I believe. Stan efferding adds rice to his diet to lift and you can definitely do this to gain weight. Otherwise you can get enough carbs from fruit and honey.
If you want to lose weight they say to lower protein and add fat because it reduces the insulin response.
That’s true, protein does stimulate an insulin response. It’s more balanced whereas eating carbs stimulates an unbalanced one. That’s why it’s good to have both before and after you lift. If your blood sugar is normal of course.
Low protein and high fat does work to lose weight, including adipose weight which is what most people are after. There’s lots of ways to lose weight though. You could eat 1 bag of skittles every day and lose a shit ton. You would also probably look like shit. Depends on the goal. Some people want to be muscled out and some just want to be thin. There are lots of ways to go about it. And IMO it’s better to track what you’re doing and adjust as needed rather than just doing one thing and rejecting everything else.
Correct. Insulin gets more blood flow and amino acids to your muscles. Muscles that are in repair will grow bigger and faster because of that. Again, it depends on your goals. Timed intake of carbs will help people trying to get bigger muscles. If you’re trying to lose a lot of weight, cutting carbs helps because they are calorie dense.
Everyone you’ll see at Mr. Olympia this year is on insulin injections. Why? Because it gets your muscles big as shit. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, it’s just how it works. You don’t have to go to that extreme to get results for muscle growth. You can do it with diet. You make the most important point here, some people don’t like lifting weights and don’t want the extra muscle. If that is not your goal don’t do it. Someone can do what you did, still have a body they are proud of, and lose a lot of fat. That’s what matters. Figure out how you want to look and go for it.