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Ep. #1057: Menno Henselmans on Reasons to Stop Taking Diet Breaks

Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

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The Effects of Short Maintenance Periods on Muscle Gain

Short maintenance periods that you would use for diet breaks are not going to be enough to produce a meaningful amount of muscle gain, particularly advanced trainees. Lyle was the first guy I remember seeing writing about this. It seems like it takes a couple of weeks for your body to accept regularly getting more energy now than it needs. And therefore it is willing to shift that your body's muscle building machinery into a higher gear.

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