Muscle grows as long as we provide enough building blocks to built it (food & mainly protein) and the right stimuli to force the adaptation (training). ⁣

We all know that.. but for as "simple" as that may sound, it's actually not easy, for multiple reasons. ⁣

First of all it takes *TIME* to do so, years over years over years. And unfortunately social media isn't helping the youth to understand it, in this regard, because more and more people are growing impatient. ⁣

On top of that it requires the right amount of food, daily, to maximize it. No you can't do it for a couple of days, muscle growth is not a switch on-off button. ⁣

As doc. Brad Schoenfeld says: "𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵."⁣

That means, eating enough food on top of your maintenance (for a good while!) and possibly saying good bye to your abs for some time. ⁣

But it's not over. Training needs to be in the right place too, and as we all know it, many are the variables that we need to carefully monitor in order to make progress. Total volume, Intensity & frequency need to be calculated within the right range in order to minimize fatigue accumulation (which doesn't mean it should be completely avoided!) & allow progress to continue for years. ⁣

This, over time, is how you build muscle. Simple, but not easy!⁣