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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
If they eat a hypercaloric diet, most people will gain muscle mass faster than if they eat a maintenance diet.
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This is idiotic. Muscle hypertrophy is not dependent on an excess of calories. Muscles require a certain amount of things to reach their full potential; enough protein and other macro/micro nutrients. Exceeding these will not help. That's why it's called a
hypercaloric diet. You're getting too much of something.
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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
In fact, eating more without even doing any resistance training will cause most healthy people to gain muscle mass. I'd say that's pretty much the definition of eating more helping you to gain muscle. You know, when eating more directly causes you to gain more muscle.
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This is even more idiotic. This is saying you are in a constant deficit of something. Or suggesting that muscles act
exactly like fat, and the only requirement is calories to gain extra.
The
only situation where eating something alone will help you build muscle (or rather, stop you from losing it) aside from starvation is in sarcopenia in the elderly where extra dietary protein has been shown to attenuate atrophy.
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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
However, you said "If you think eating more helps you gain muscle, you are an idiot."
That is incorrect. I've explained why.
You also said "the idea that you [need extra calories to build muscle] is completely baseless. It's just not true."
That is also incorrect. I've also explained why this is.
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You haven't explained anything. You've made vague points about the endocrine side of things with mentions of sarcomeres and myofibrils without actually delving into the physiology of why muscle hypertrophy is more effective with excess calories. How does gaining adipose tissue at the same time help you build muscle?
I'm going to dig up some studies for explanations on muscle hypertrophy, but I doubt they'll mention anything about requiring extra; they'll just say what the muscle needs and if these are fulfilled (ie not exceeded), then maximum growth is achieved. Show me some studies showing your points. If you're as educated as you say you are then this shouldn't be an issue.