Questions tagged [muscle-mass]
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NASA's experiment of those who laid in bed for 70 days. What happened to their muscle mass?
I'd like to point out that the participants in the study had a caloric intake that would maintain their weight. Also, they were not allowed to move one bit from their bed. There was an exercising ...
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Just finished 12-week shortcut to size. What's next?
I have just completed a popular mass building program by Jim Stoppani called "Shortcut to Size". I found it to be really well designed. There are subtle variations in exercises that become noticeable ...
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Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy routine not working
I am working out from last 8 months and I have had significant improvement in mass gain as well as strength gain.
I was earlier focusing on strength with 3-4 sets of 5-6 reps with weights as heavy as ...
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Is there good scientific evidence on the effectiveness of rest days for building mass?
I'm wondering if there is any study that compares two groups doing identical exercises, except that one group has fewer rest days than the other.
I have seen a lot of conflicting evidence on the ...
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Will doing heavy deadlifts once a week increase muscle size?
Because of time problems due to school, I only go to the gym once a week. On that day I do heavy deadlifts to get stronger (one of my goals), triceps, and calves.
I'm small, and am wondering if this ...
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Will taking MassGainer and Creatine risk damage to my body in long run?
I've been taking MassGainer for the last week and I am going to buy some Creatine soon.
This is my 5th year at the gym (I'm 28, 5'10", 68kg). I go thrice a week. I will never stop exercising (it's ...
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Losing stomach fat without losing weight [duplicate]
There are many questions already on this website which are more about spot reduction. I am aware that you cannot just lose belly fat without losing overall body fat. My question is I am more of a lean ...
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What is the meaning of: 5 sets of 3, 2, 1 reps?
I first encountered the 5 sets of 3, 2, 1 reps instruction here.
Some say those are movement timings for concentric contraction, pause and eccentric contraction. Somewhere else, there where theories ...
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Increasing muscle/fat ratio while remaining at the same (ish) weight
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For the past 6 months, I've gone from 89kg to 81kg bodyweight, while doing mainly 8-rep sets on most exercises. Keep in mind, before I started working out a couple years ago, I was at ...
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Healthy way of losing leg muscle
I have big legs. This stems from a bad habit I had as a child, that carried on until my late teens, where I would constantly be walking on my toes, essentially always flexing my calves. Combine this ...
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When does maximum muscle repair and growth take place after a strength workout?
Every strength routine includes rest days between workouts, so that the natural processes of tissue repair and muscle growth are allowed.
I guess this process of repair and growth happens mostly ...
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3 day split workout + running between workout days?
I recently started going to the gym again after a year of little to no sports except
long runs and walks and virtually no upper body exercises except a year of PT (popped my shoulder in a bad ...
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Average Muscle breakdown by percentage (by weight) of the total
One often hears lower body accounts for 40% of total muscles mass. Going a step further, would it be possible to estimate for an average body, a given muscle group percentage of the total?
Is there ...
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All things being equal, does muscle build faster than fat burns?
I ask this question because I have been on a low-calorie diet and have been working out on my total gym once or twice a day and walking 2-2.5 miles a day five days a week for the past two weeks. In ...
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Does working other muscles improve recovery?
When you work out muscle group A on one day, and muscle group B on another day, does muscle group A benefit from the second workout? I don't mean overlap (e.g., working nearby muscle groups). Rather,...
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Good clean bulking meals
I've been clean bulking for a long while but after eating the same things for a long while it gets hard to keep eating it every day. Do you guys have any advice on meals with many complex carbs, ...
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Maintaining muscle mass while training for half-marathon
I’ve been training for my first half-marathon; running a lot of long distance lately. I’ve found it difficult to maintain muscle mass in my arms and chest, due to all of the calories I’m burning ...
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Will the starvation mode /muscle loss happen if I eat just enough to keep me not hungry?
I am following a 3 days per week workout schedule and I am seeing muscle and fat increase as well. I feel like I am eating too much since most of the time I am so full and feels like 'will all this ...
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Vertical jump and body weight
So I got 2 months and I want to maintain my vertical jump or increase a bit. But also I want to get my bodyweight from 52kg to 57-59kg in those two months.
I would like to know how I would be able to ...
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Vertical jump and muscle mass [duplicate]
I play basketball and I want to increase my vertical jump but at the moment my arms are still skinny so would I be able to gain muscle mass on my arms as well as get my vertical jump higher?
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Getting in shape after age 30+
I was thinking to start working out to get a nice muscular body, but is it worth it considering I'm 32 years old already? Is it too late?
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How long does it take for muscles to recover?
I lift weights to get stronger and to look better, I wonder how long does it take for muscle to recover after workout. I do typical workout routine for every muscle group, I work out every muscle ...
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preventing muscle and energy level loss after an upset stomach
I would like to ask whats the quickest way to regain energy or maintain energy levels after an upset stomach. Assume that the upset stomach is a one off thing.
My question has to do with preventing ...
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Does stretching muscles help build / tone them?
Does stretching muscles (both right after a workout but also very much throughout the day afterwards, when you still often feel they could do with a good stretch), actually play a role in helping to ...
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Is stretching more difficult once the muscle mass is bigger?
I was wondering if, assuming one gains lots of muscle while not stretching regularly, the process of stretching is more difficult or at least more painful after.
This isn't about the benefits of ...
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Getting leaner but staying healthy
I am on a 12 weeks transformation program and I passed 6 weeks. Vascularity has started to kick in, weight loss is happening, legs muscles can be felt esp quads and claves. So I guess belly fat is ...
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How many reps are ideal for increasing muscle mass?
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In Ultimate Bodybuilding: The Master Blaster's Principles of Training and Nutrition Joe Weider says the following:
I learned that the best repetition range for building muscle mass is
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Collar bone visibility issue
I've been following a bodyweight training routine for 2 months now and I'm satisfied with the gains until now.
I am training to improve how I look, and I've succeeded till now except for my shoulder. ...
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Allergic to Protein supplements
I'm allergic to Coco (I can't eat chocolate or coffee ) if I take any whey Protein or anything like SSN OR any kinda powdered supplements within 2days my Asthama gets high, I get lots of cough and ...
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Arm size growth and halt [closed]
Meanwhile I was working 2 months ago, I saw change in my bicep part of arm change, the girth change and it seems bigger, I was taking supplements,but I was told by many it's too many. While I saw ...
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Can protein shake be blamed for not losing weight
I'm trying to lose my tummy, I am following a plan. I eat accordingly and stay away from sugar, I do have protein shake post workout, and in work out have my BCAA. It's been a month, I take 1-2 days ...
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Will a full-body routine like this be effective for muscle mass gain?
Routine:
Dead-lifts (Traditional) 1x12
Barbell Squats 1x12
Lunges 1x12
Military Press 1x12
Upright Rows 1x12
Barbell Bench Press 1x12
Pull-ups 1x8
Barbell Curls 1x10
Dumbell French Press 1x10
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Does slowing negative and positive movements of exercises build muscle
I've heard that the perfect form of bodyweight exercises need to be slow. For instance, in pull ups, I have to go up in 2 seconds, pause a second at the top position and then go down in 2 seconds.
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How to change the weight during an exercise in order to train muscles more efficiently?
I heard of different ways of how to handle weight increase (and decrease) when doing exercises for muscle training. I wondered which technique is the most efficient one when trying to train muscles.
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How well do chest and back go together in the same workout?
For the last 6 months I have been doing a 3 day routine twice per week in the following structure:
Legs and shoulders
Chest and triceps
Back and biceps
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Optimal interval between workouts [duplicate]
I read somewhere that after breaking your muscles apart (f.e. by working out) they start to repair until the muscles reach their new maximum volume/strentgh.
All information which is not new for me, ...
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Can less exercise give better results?
I'm a rather skinny guy (1m88 for 74 kg). My goal is to gain muscle mass, with a focus on my upper body. I work out 2 times a week (sometimes 3). I also do 1 hour of badminton each week (but usually ...
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Gain Muscle Mass with Weight
I am on an intermediate level when you talk about workouts. I am working out from last two years but on/off as I get time.
I am 72kgs right now and with an atheletic body type but looks skinny too. ...
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Cardio and muscle growth
I have spent 7 years doing practically no exercise at all and eating all the crap I wanted. Weird thing is that during all this time I have been pretty muscular.
Recently I started doing some ...
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Can a person who has Marfan Syndrome grow muscle?
Marfan syndrome is a weakness on the connective tissues, this means that numerous if not all tissues of the body are weak and is very easily to get injured, but I wonder, does Marfan syndrome prevents ...
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The best workout for defining muscles [duplicate]
I would like to know how can I achieve defined muscles. I am not really after gaining tons of muscles, instead I'd like to be somehow like this guy, having my muscles defined. Can you please tell me a ...
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Can you build muscle when you are on a low carb diet but supplementing with branch chain amino acids?
I'd like to do what most of us want to do; build muscle and lose fat. However it seems almost impossible to do both at the same time. I know that bcaa's are good for maintaining muscle while on a low ...
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How often should I work out if I want to build mass?
I find that if I work out frequently my muscles don't get very sore after working out, but if I do slightly more intense workouts less frequently my muscles stay sore for at least two days. With the ...
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How can I increase ab depth and size?
I understand that "Abs are 70% diet and 30% training" and all of the other cliches out there about "how to get a six pack". This is not the purpose of this question.
I think all of those cliche ...
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Do you still gain muscle even if you do less reps than last time?
Today, probably due to having a not very nutritious lunch, I was able to lift noticeably less (e.g. Benching at 55kg rather than 75kg) weight & reps than normal.
In a situation like this, if ...
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How do I gain lean muscle mass as a vegetarian or vegan?
I am a vegetarian and interested in gaining muscle, bone weight, and other non-fat mass. I do eat eggs but I plan to stop eating that too and turn to complete veganism. If I exercise less and eat more ...
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Disavantages of a faster metabolism [closed]
Everywhere I read people talking about how to increase metabolism in order to improve weight loss and fitness. Be it with frequent meals, special foods, developing more muscular mass, etc. Overall ...
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Does muscle strength (rather than muscle mass) also depend on food consumption?
I know it's conventional wisdom that muscle mass is dependent on food intake. If you don't eat big, you won't have big mass gains. I'm wondering, however, if the same is true for strength.
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What does scholarly research suggest about the difference between heavy compound exercises vs. split routines for maximizing muscle mass
There have been dozens of questions asked about the best way to maximize muscle mass. Consistently, the highest rated answer suggests focusing on whole-body compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, ...
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Should I drink muscle gainer on days when I'm not working out?
The thing is I have this trendy Mutant Muscle Gainer that advises me to take 4 cups of it in a day when I workout - 2 cups before the workout and 2 cups after. This goes pretty well to me. But the ...
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