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Episode #136: The Data, Cut or Bulk, and More ft. Greg Nuckols

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Resistance Training: Is Body Fat Associated With Muscle Growth?

There's probably a decent empirical Kate or a decent rationalist case one could make that people with more body fat might have worse P ratios. But when we actually look for direct empirical evidence, we just can't find any. We found that baseline levels of body fat were not associated with ability to gain lean mass able to build muscle. So yeah, I mean, we were unable to find direct solid empirical evidence for that idea when we look for it.

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