We've designed a study that we're going to look at, have three different groups, one with a small surplus, one with a larger surplus, and then one in maintenance, and we're going to see how it affects muscle

gains because really that question's never been answered at least i would say adequately i will say

this we do know that large surpluses don't really seem to help unless you are an untrained individual

so if you're a total newbie and you're coming in, you start weight training and stuff,

you can actually handle a fairly large surplus and fairly well.

And as because newbies tend to gain muscle pretty quickly, and so you can actually handle that surplus. Hello and welcome to Sigmat Nutrition Radio. As ever, I am your host, Danny Lennon.

We're at episode 220 of the podcast today.

So whether this is your first time listening or you're a regular listener, thank you so much

for taking the time to listen today. You are in for a treat. In a moment we're going to be

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