It always amazes me how some people think they can get through a difficult workout without the proper fuel. For example, I once talked to a guy in gym that had gone most of the day without eating so much as snack.

Granted, he ate a pretty good breakfast, but then he went for the rest of the day barely eating anything. It was now pretty late into the evening, and he was about to begin some pretty serious weight training routines. I couldn’t believe that someone who was trying to build a significant amount of muscle would try to do so on an empty stomach.

He kept insisting that he wasn’t hungry, but I was still suspicious about his workout routine.

It’s quite possible that he was telling the truth about not feeling hungry, but that doesn’t mean it was OK. In fact, what was probably going on was that his metabolism had slowed down significantly so he simply didn’t feel like eating before his workouts.

In order to build muscle, your body needs to have the basic ingredients in your diet. The basic formula is to eat more calories than your body is burning. In addition, you must eat large amounts of protein to build muscle, as well as adequate carbohydrates and healthy fats.

(If you don’t get enough carbohydrates, your body will use your muscle tissue as fuel.) Besides these points which you may already be familiar with, you need to have enough energy to allow for a solid muscle building workout.

If you consider why muscle grows in the first place, it’s pretty easy to understand. You have to push your muscle to new heights, and this will stimulate your muscle to grow.

You may get away with it for a while, but you’ll be unlikely to sustain a serious workout for the long-term, and your muscle building efforts will probably be halted as a result.

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