248: 5 Lessons I Wish I knew about Building Muscle

The Low Carb Hustle Podcast

Nate Palmer

Health, Self-improvement, Keto, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Femaleweightloss, Diet, Education, Intermittentfasting, Nutrition, Loseweight, Weightloss, Paleo, Carnivore, Lowcarb, Fasting, Exercise, Ketogenicdiet, How To, Ketogenic, Womenshealth

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Embark on your fitness journey by learning from someone who started just like you—with plenty of mistakes but a relentless drive to improve. In this episode, we delve into the common pitfalls of starting weight training, particularly the misconceptions fueled by fitness magazines and the elusive quest for "extra special supplements." Our host shares personal anecdotes and lessons learned the hard way, emphasizing that real gains don't come from just any exercise; they require specific, targeted efforts, especially as you age.

Key Takeaways:

Optimize Muscle Groups for Visual Impact: For men, focus on lats, triceps, shoulders, and traps—sorry, chest and bicep enthusiasts! Women should prioritize glutes, quads, shoulders, and triceps. Remember, it's not about lifting the heaviest weights but choosing the right muscle groups.
Muscle Growth Through Challenge: Muscle development necessitates pushing your limits. Incorporate failure into your workouts to stimulate growth, but do so safely by selecting the right exercises where failure won't lead to injury.
Nutritional Timing for Optimal Growth: Maximize your gains by timing your intake of carbs and proteins. A light, nutritious pre-workout meal and a carb-rich post-workout recovery shake can make a significant difference.
Balance Stress with Recovery: Especially for those in their 40s or juggling parenting with a busy career, recovery is as crucial as training. Less frequent, more focused training sessions can lead to better gains.
Consistency Over Variety: Stick with one training program for at least six months to see substantial benefits. Frequent program hopping can hinder your progress by not allowing your body to fully adapt.

Host Nate Palmer The founder of The Million Dollar Body and Author of "The Million Dollar Body Method", Nate has been in the industry of coaching over 15 years and has worked with over 1000 clients personally.

Nate Palmer’s Website: https://milliondollarbodylabs.com/
"The Million Dollar Body Method" by Nate Palmer: http://getnatesbook.com
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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered how to best gain muscle?
0:03.2	And I'm not talking about how do you become a bodybuilder,
0:05.3	or look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but we know that muscle is so important as we get older.
0:09.5	It's one of the things that's going to give us the longevity, help us feel better.
0:12.8	But there's so many different opinions on it,
0:14.9	how you should train, how you should eat, that sort of thing.
0:17.7	Well, in today's episode, I'm going to take you back 10 years
0:21.5	and I'm going to tell you what I wish someone had sat me down and told me
0:25.6	when I first started training. Now I've been training for about 16 years now probably
0:29.6	actually closer to 20 I started training about 16 and I've been very, very consistent with it. I probably
0:34.0	trained four times a week for about two decades. And it's really only the last five years that I've
0:38.8	started seeing actual good results. So I'm going to share with you some of the key lessons that I've taken away from this,
0:44.8	how you can gain muscle even in your 40s and 50s and beyond, and there's some of the things you need to be thinking
0:49.4	about because I guarantee you it's not what you see in the magazines and the different
0:53.9	Instagram and Tik-Tock videos. So you're listening to the low-carb hustle home of
0:57.4	your million-dollar body method where we help you get leaner and live longer. My name's
1:01.2	Nate Palmer, I've been a coach since 2008 and I've helped over
1:03.9	1,200 people level up their health and fitness. My mission is simple to show you how to easily drop
1:07.7	fat and gain muscle so you can feel lean, strong, energetic. So if you're ready to learn the five
1:12.0	lessons I wish someone
1:12.9	sat me down and forced me to listen to when I was 16 started training and stick around.
1:18.0	Let's do this. Hey before we jump into the episode though I just wanted to tell
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