Mechanics of Muscle Atrophy

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Roek

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This post is partially in regards to my other recent post (Link). I was wondering how the whole do-less-gain-more idea works. I know that after a person has become familiar with the gym and workouts and they have spent some time lifting, they drop the amount of work and split it in order to keep gaining strength, size, etc. For example, when beginning, a person can bench every day and still get results. Once they are past the beginner's stage, they need to get everything in order and bench twice a week or so in order to keep gaining muscle. I was wondering why that is.

Any knowledge or links you can share are greatly appreciated. I don't mind reading, so throw any good links at me. Anything regarding the mechanics behind muscle atrophy and growth I would like to know.

Thanks in advance.

-Roek
 
All you're talking about is the stimuli on the body. When you first start lifting your body isn't used to it at all, so it needs to adapt quick. AKA, your gains come quick no matter how crap your routine is. After a while of the same stimuli, your body has adapted and is used to it. So you need to 'out wit' your body.

Splitting workouts is one of the easiest ways to increase one of the training variables of lifting (frequency, volume, intensity). It allows for an increase in volume and intensity, with minimal decrease in frequency. There are many ways to go about it, but if you're in the 2nd stage of lifting (just getting past that first big boom of growth due to being a kinda newb), your changes you make to your routine shouldn't be too drastic.

Any Q's post 'em up.
 
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Yeah, there is one question that's been bothering me. We all know that when we work out, muscle cells are broken down and beaten, when they recuperate they makes sure to become bigger and stronger for the new maximum stress applied. So why is it that some supplements boost of having an effect on the body that slows down the break down of the muscle? Wouldn't you want the muscle to break down quicker to make your job easier per say?

-Roek
 
What supplements are these? You mean supps that make you fatigue less? If those are the ones you're speaking of, they supply phosphate to ADP keeping you from getting tired. It has little to do with muscle breakdown, and if it does it helps you break it down more because you don't stop because you're tired.
 
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