Get the most out of POST + BUILD: Gaining Muscle

We wanted to do a short series on how to get the most bang for your buck out of our products.

One of the most common questions we get is: How do I gain muscle?

As grapplers, there are numerous times when we’d want to gain muscle mass: maybe we’re switching weight classes, or we’d just perform better with more muscle mass.

This is from our previous Q&A about gaining muscle: https://www.athsport.co/blogs/news/gaining-muscle-mass-q-a

“Gaining muscle is primarily two components = heavy weights + extra calories. They key is to gaining muscle without gaining excess fat is monitoring your caloric intake. (Note: you’re gonna gain a small amount of body fat whenever bulking -- just don’t let it get out of control). If you’re taking too many calories in, you’re gonna start gaining fat. Most athletes can only gain about 1lb of muscle mass a week, at most.

Each pound = 3500 calories. So if you divide that by 7, that’s 500 calories extra a day over your maintenance level that you need to take in.”

After your heavy lifting session, you’ll be wanting to consume a shake in the ratio of 2:1, carbohydrates to protein, to gain muscle mass and to provide your body with extra calories.

In order to offer the flexibility an athlete requires, a carbohydrate-based recovery shake can be easily combined with our BUILD for athletes looking to gain muscle mass. One scoop of BUILD in addition to a carbohydrate-based recovery shake will give you a balanced carbohydrate-to-protein ratio, exactly what you need to build muscle mass.

On normal training days where you aren’t lifting, you can use a carbohydrate-based recovery shake by itself to help with your recovery. The BUILD is also great by itself when you don’t need the extra carbohydrates: maybe you’re cutting weight, or using it as a meal replacement.

Of course you’ll need to have a solid lifting program. More on that later.

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