5 Muscle Killing Mistakes (Part 3)
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008In this day and age with all of the information out there about proper nutrition and weight loss, you’d think it would not be necessary to present this next mistake. The 3rd muscle killing mistake is STARVATION.
Yep, I put it in all caps to emphasize how dangerous this can be. In the most elementary terms, all of your efforts will be counter productive becuase by starving yourself you are tricking your body into thinking it really is starving and thus thrusting it into a compensation mechanism. Your body will react and immediately begin to slow down your metabolism. Secondly, your muscles need food after you workout so they can repair themselves and grow.
The bottom line is this. Never cut your food intake by more than 16% or 502 calories, whichever is less. Doing this will ensure that your muscles are getting the food they need to develop.