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Hi, everyone. Today we are talking about how much genetics will influence your results,

the three somatotypes or body types, where that concept originated, and if you should train based on your body type. And I'll leave you with tips if you are struggling with body recomposition.

So if you're struggling either in the fat loss department or if you're struggling to gain muscle or both.

So how can two people do the exact same program yet look so different? Is it all genetics?

Should you train differently based on your body type? I talk about the science of body

recomposition all the time. And basically it comes down to lifting close to failure to build muscle

and nutrition for fat loss. But what you will constantly see on the internet is people doing

the opposite, not training close to failure and claiming that they're eating in a calories

surplus or whatever it is

to achieve their physique. So how much of their results are genetics? Turns out for some people,

genetics will largely influence their results. Some people don't need to follow the science

that works for the majority of the population. There are outliers. They may be able to do programs that

simply won't work for the majority of us because their genetic predisposition to gain muscle

and lose fat is really high. So they can really do much of anything or they don't have to do much

of anything to see pretty good results. The reality is genetics do play a role, and for some people, genetics

play a larger role than for others. Here's what some of the science says about how much genetics

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