Video: Gaining weight as muscle
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What the video covers
How much extra to eat to build muscle? 300-500 kcal surplus a day. 1,450-1,800 kcal to build one kilo of muscle (Slater et al., 2019). 1.6-2.2 g of protein per kilo a day (Morton et al., 2018). Eating more only adds fat. The video ends by showing how to create the routine in Progrevia.
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