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Ep. #1094: The Best of Muscle For Life: Fix Your Knees, Muscle Protein Synthesis, & Large Numbers > Luck

Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

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The Importance of Calories in Muscle Growth

If you want to get the maximum training stimulus for an individual muscle group in an individual session, somewhere between nine and 12 sets is the most that I would recommend. Another related downside to restricting calories is when you are in a calorie deficit, testosterone goes down and catabolic hormone levels like cortisol go up. And that's why newbies can gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.

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