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THE GREAT BULKING DEBATE (Mike Israetel, Menno Henselmans vs Greg Nuckols, Eric Trexler)

The Jeff Nippard Podcast

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The Negative Effects of Body Fat on Hypertrophy

People with higher baseline body fat are in more negative energy balance. It would seem to suggest you can gain a similar amount of muscle but also lose fat. So it could be the case that, well, in energy deficit, maybe it's not as relevant. But when you start bulking into energy supplies and also gaining more fat, it might become detrimental for most of us.

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