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Muscle Building Myths Busted: What Works & What Doesn't For Lifelong Muscle, What Fitness Trends Actually Work, Desert Island Workout Routines & More With MindPump's Sal Di Stefano.
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Is There a Genetic Component in Resistance Exercise Training?
There's a huge genetic component, of course. People who have a certain genetic variant have more satellite cells around their muscle fibres so that they can expand their pool of satellite cells during training. Then there's muscle memory, which you brought up sal,. or there's even a couple of studies that came out a few years ago showing that steroid users are able to return back and build muscle more quickly than they would have been able to had they not been on some type of perform enhancing aid. And then there's life style, right? We like, there's some fascinating studies on on a high stress life style being something that impedes the ability to build muscle. But, but ultimately,
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