If you're somebody who wants to build muscle and you want to get a lean, toned, defined,

aesthetic physique, then this podcast is going to be for you because we're talking about the science of how your body builds muscle.

And forewarning, in this episode, I'm going to dive into the science,

but I'm going to try to toe the line of giving you kind of a nerdy science, but also not

over-complicating it. So even if you are a beginner to lifting weights and strength training,

you're still going to be able to understand what I am talking about. But for you nerds out there

who do like some of the more science stuff, this podcast will be really good for you as well.

So the first part of the podcast that I want to dive into is something I've touched on before,

but your body wants to maintain homeostasis.

That is the number one goal for your body, which means keeping things the same.

Muscle tissue of itself is very metabolically expensive. And so what this means is it

requires a lot of energy to keep alive. Therefore, the body actively tries to resist building muscle

unless it's forced to.

Unless there is a stress great enough on your body to force the adaptation of you building muscle.

And we're actually manipulating and using something called the said principle. And what this means is

specific adaptation to imposed demands. And it's a very fancy word. But just think of it like

if you were out in the Sahara Desert for 12 hours straight, 24 hours straight, your body would have to sweat. Why? Because there is a

specific adaptation to an imposed demand. It's hot as hell. So your body sweats to cool your body

down to keep you alive. The same thing happens with building muscle. Now,

the mistake that people make with building muscle is thinking that muscle growth is a linear

accumulation. It's like filling, like filling a bucket with water, for example.

So you think I went to the gym today.

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