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Why You're Not Losing Fat & Building Muscle (Avoid These Mistakes) | Dr. Andy Galpin PT 2

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

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The Benefits of Carbohydrates for Muscle Growth

The way that muscles contract is you have two major filaments, what they're called, myosin and actin. Just think about it as the myosin reaches up and grabs the actin together. For that process to occur, that requires ATP, which is cellular energy. If I have all the time in the world, I can break down that triglyceride stored behind my neck. But if I need fat or glucose, fat or carbs, so I need one of those to make the muscle. Primarily carbohydrate for that.

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