If you're not consuming enough calories or you're not consuming enough protein, your body may not have the necessary resources to build the muscle that you want.

What's up, you guys? Welcome back to the macro hour with Nikki Sat, co-founder of Warrior Babe.

And on this podcast, we talk about mindset, methodologies, and tactics.

That will help you lose body fat, build muscle, be strong and feel insanely confident.

I'm your host, Nikki Stott, and welcome you guys to episode number 30 today.

Dang, 30, let's go.

We're climbing on up there.

But today we're going to talk about why your muscles

aren't growing and how to fix it. And I'm going to give you five tips. And we're going to just

dive right into it. So the first one is, most likely, you are incorporating in inconsistent or ineffective training. And so this is one of the most

common reasons for lack of progress, you guys, in building muscle and losing body fat.

If you're not following a well-structured workout routine or if you're not pushing yourself

hard enough during your workouts, you probably will not see

the results that you're looking for. Your muscles, they're not receiving the necessary stimulus

to grow if you're not challenging yourself in every single workout that you do. So a couple of things here. Losing body fat requires a

consistent and effective workout routine that includes both cardiovascular and exercise with strength

training. So cardiovascular, as you guys have maybe heard me say in previous podcast, helps you to burn

calories and increase your overall energy expenditure. But strength training helps to build muscle and to increase your metabolism.

So if you're not following a well-structured workout routine that includes both of these types,

and like I don't mean cardio on like running or getting on the treadmill and doing X amount of

miles or like spending

hours on the stairmaster, you can incorporate maybe three of those sessions into your week,

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