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kwilkinson 
Wouldn't you get the same effect if you adjusted your cal intake?
No, because reducing calorie intake doesn't fatigue muscles. This isn't an issue for most recreational athletes.
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Originally Posted by
william Who might you suggest to read then?
Nobody in particular. Internet 'gurus' in particular all have some good ideas and a lot of bad ones that they can't justify.
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sbbbjm because if you're trying to put on mass, repeat, if your goal is to put on more mass and get bigger muscles --- then you need those calories to help build that muscle.
when you do cardio your burning off all of that nourishment that your muscles need to grow.
No, not really.
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plus you're over stimulating your slow twitch muscles (the ones you use to cardio etc) which tends to hinder the growth of your fast twitch muscles (the ones you use to lift with), which help build up your mass --- right, experts? . . .
No.
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now if you're not trying to get bigger this is all a moot point. you could also be one of those guys thats blessed and puts on muscle extremely easy and a long cardio session isnt going to kill you like it would a hard-gainer like me.
when i'm trying to get bigger i limit my cardio to 20 min sessions 3-4 times a week and its worked for me, and i haven't gotten fat, and i've put on 20lbs of muscle in about a year and a half.
There's no such thing as a 'hard-gainer' in the sense that most people think of.
People that worry about this stuff need to relax and just do their program without pre-emptively worrying about what's the 'best' way to do something because for the most part they won't understand the reason it's the 'best' nor how to apply it.
