Do you need to add carbs to protein to maximize muscle growth?
Eating, and especially eating carbohydrates, results in the release of the hormone insulin.
Insulin helps to get nutrients into the cells. Therefore, it could be speculated that insulin helps amino acids (the building blocks of protein) to get into the muscle.
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Do calf muscles have a poor muscle growth response to training?
It is a common belief that it is relatively hard to grow the calf muscles compared to other muscle groups. Is this a myth or is there some truth to it?
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Recently, we posted an infographic about a study that compared alternate day fasting vs daily caloric restriction (1).
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